Definition of "snakeberry" []

• Solanum dulcamara, the bitter nightshade, or its fruit. (noun)
• Maianthemum dilatatum, the false lily of the valley, or its fruit. (noun)

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• ""Let the snakeberry spring up to detain her!" cried out the young man; and immediately the berries spread like scarlet all over the path, for a long distance; and the old Toad-Woman, who was almost as fond of these berries as she was of fat bears, could not avoid stooping down to pick and eat."
• "The old Toad-Woman was very anxious to get forward, but the snakeberry-vines kept spreading out on every side; and they still grow and grow, and spread and spread; and to this day the wicked old"