dewberry

[ doo-ber-ee, -buh-ree, dyoo- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural dew·ber·ries.

(in North America) the fruit of any of several trailing blackberries of the genus Rubus.
(in England) the fruit of a bramble, Rubus caesius.
a plant bearing either fruit.

dewberry

/ ˈdjuːbərɪ; -brɪ /

any trailing bramble, such as Rubus hispidus of North America and R. caesius of Europe and NW Asia, having blue-black fruits
the fruit of any such plant

First recorded in 1570–80; dew + berry

The Dewberry (Rubus cæsius) is a handsome fruit, very like the Blackberry, but coming earlier.

The woodchuck spilled himself from under me, slid short about, and tumbled off for home by way of the dewberry-patch.

Company A was in an open ground covered with, dewberry vines, and the berries were ripe.

Soon the trees fell away, and he came to a stretch of bank,—here naked earth, there clad in grass and dewberry vines.

Harky halted and stood motionless as any boulder on Dewberry Knob.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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