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blolly

noun

evergreen climbing shrub of southern Florida and West Indies grown for its racemes of fragrant white to creamy flowers followed by globose white succulent berries

• Syn: ↑West Indian snowberry, ↑Chiococca alba

• Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush

• Member Holonyms: ↑Chiococca, ↑genus Chiococca

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\\ˈblälē\ noun (-es)

Etymology: short for loblolly

1. : a shrub or small tree (Torrubia longifolia) of southern Florida and the West Indies with smooth oval leaves and bright red fruit

2. : a low shrub (Chiococca alba) of southern Florida and the West Indies with yellow flowers and white fruit

Useful english dictionary. 2012.