2A perennial shrub, Rivina humilis (family Phytolaccaceae), of the southern United States and tropical America, which bears pale pink flowers and blood-red berries.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in William Tooke (bap. 1744, d. 1820), writer and translator.
Definition of bloodberry in US English:
bloodberry
noun
1A berry of a blood-red colour.
2A perennial shrub, Rivina humilis (family Phytolaccaceae), of the southern United States and tropical America, which bears pale pink flowers and blood-red berries.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in William Tooke (bap. 1744, d. 1820), writer and translator.