baneberry

3 definitions found

baneberry - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Baneberry \Bane"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
     A genus (Act[ae]a) of plants, of the order
     Ranunculace[ae], native in the north temperate zone. The
     red or white berries are poisonous.
     [1913 Webster]

baneberry - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  baneberry
      n 1: a poisonous berry of a plant of the genus Actaea
      2: a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries
         [syn: baneberry, cohosh, herb Christopher]

baneberry - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Baneberry, TN (city, FIPS 3078)
    Location: 36.04484 N, 83.28345 W
    Population (1990): 218 (109 housing units)
    Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 37890