youngberry
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• noun
The large, dark red to purple, sweet and juicy fruit of a complex hybrid trailing blackberry plant, created by crossing a phenomenal berry with a dewberry.
"She baked a delicious summer pie using a mix of freshly picked boysenberries and youngberries from the orchard."
The sprawling, trailing bramble plant of the rose family that bears the youngberry fruit, commonly cultivated in warm climates such as South Africa, Australia, and parts of the United States.
"To ensure a good harvest next year, he spent the afternoon pruning the tangled vines of the youngberry."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Named after Byrnes M. Young, the American horticulturist from Louisiana who successfully bred the hybrid fruit in 1905, combined with the word 'berry'.
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