Dewberry definition

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dewberry \Dew"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
     (a) The fruit of certain species of bramble ({Rubus}); in
         England, the fruit of {Rubus c[ae]sius}, which has a
         glaucous bloom; in America, that of {Rubus canadensis}
         and {Rubus hispidus}, species of low blackberries.
     (b) The plant which bears the fruit.


         [1913 Webster]
  
               Feed him with apricots and dewberries. --Shak.
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dewberry
       n 1: any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of
            North America [syn: {dewberry bush}, {running blackberry}]
       2: blackberry-like fruits of any of several trailing blackberry
          bushes

















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