wine·ber·ry

[wahyn-ber-ee, -buh-ree]
noun, plural wine·ber·ries.
1.
a prickly shrub, Rubus phoenicolasius, of China and Japan, having pinkish or white flowers and small, red, edible fruit.
2.
the fruit of this plant.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English winberie, Old English wīnberige grape. See wine, berry

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wineberry (ˈwaɪnˌbɛrɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -ries
another name for mako

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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