dingleberry
3 synonyms for dingleberry, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A small red berry that grows on a shrub found in mountain areas of the southern United States.
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Synonyms by Meaning
Etymology
A (possibly dialectal) alteration of dangleberry.
Full origin of dingleberry →