DCHP-1 Online
pigeonberry † 
1 n. one of several berries, especially the fruit of the Cornus canadensis, a dogwood.
- 1822 (1928) The surface is bespangled . . . by . . . the crackerberry, bearing a cluster of wholesome red berries, sometimes called pigeon-berries.
- 1898 Children, too, may have romped and shouted there, and plucked the bright red pigeon berries, which seemed to be larger and richer there than any other place.
- 1958 . . . the bright red pigeon-berries, and the piles of spruce cones shelled out by the squirrels. . . .
2 n. the shrub these berries grow on.
- 1868 Among the most common plants which overspread the burned ground . . . are . . . the pigeonberry (Cornus canadensis); and the red strawberry.
- 1952 On the forest floor [in B.C.] are found pigeon-berry (Cornus canadensis).
- 1822 (1928) The surface is bespangled . . . by . . . the crackerberry, bearing a cluster of wholesome red berries, sometimes called pigeon-berries.