cloudberry

[kloud-ber-ee, -buh-ree]

cloud·ber·ry

[kloud-ber-ee, -buh-ree]
noun, plural cloud·ber·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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cloudberry (ˈklaʊdbərɪ, -brɪ)
 
n , pl -ries
a creeping Eurasian herbaceous rosaceous plant, Rubus chamaemorus, with white flowers and orange berry-like fruits (drupelets)

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cloudberry

(species Rubus chamaemorus), creeping herbaceous plant, native to the Arctic and subarctic regions of the north temperate zone, and its edible, aggregate fruit resembling structurally the raspberry. The yellow or amber-coloured berry grows from a 2.5-centimetre (1-inch) white flower on a creeping rootlike stem, or rhizome. The stalks grow to a height of 7.6-25 cm (3-10 inches)

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