Wineberry

2 definitions found

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

  Wineberry \Wine"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
        (a) The red currant.
        (b) The bilberry.
        (c) A peculiar New Zealand shrub ({Coriaria ruscifolia}),
            in which the petals ripen and afford an abundant
            purple juice from which a kind of wine is made. The


            plant also grows in Chili.
            [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wineberry
       n 1: raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown
            for ornament and for the small red acid fruits [syn: {Rubus
            phoenicolasius}]
       2: graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive
          foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity
          and are used for making wine [syn: {makomako}, {New
          Zealand wine berry}, {Aristotelia serrata}, {Aristotelia
          racemosa}]