dewberry
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• noun
The dark purple or black, edible fruit of various trailing brambles of the genus Rubus, which closely resembles a blackberry but is often covered with a pale, waxy bloom.
"We spent the afternoon picking ripe dewberries along the sunny edges of the forest to bake into a summer cobbler."
A low-growing, trailing woody plant of the rose family (genus Rubus), native primarily to North America and Northern Europe, characterized by thorny ground-cover vines and dark, edible berries.
"The dense patches of dewberry crept across the meadow, their thorny vines tangling in the tall grass."
• Rhymes for dewberry
Word Origin & Etymology
Originates from the 1530s, formed by compounding 'dew' and 'berry'. It was likely named either because the trailing vines grow low to the ground among the morning dew, or due to the pale, waxy, dew-like bloom covering the ripe fruit.
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