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bake⋅ap⋅ple

[beyk-ap-uhl]
–noun Canadian Atlantic Provinces.
cloudberry.
Also, bake apple, baked-ap⋅ple [beykt-ap-uhl] , baked-apple berry.


Origin:
1765–75; appar. bake (as n. or adj.; cf. bakemeat ) + apple, said to be so called because its taste resembles that of a roasted apple

cloud⋅ber⋅ry

[kloud-ber-ee, -buh-ree]
–noun, plural -ries.
1. the orange-yellow edible fruit of a creeping plant, Rubus chamaemorus, of the rose family, related to the raspberries and blackberries and restricted to northern regions.
2. the plant itself.
Also called bake apple.


Origin:
1590–1600; cloud + berry
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