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dewberry
n.
type of blackberry
Dewberry
The
dewberries are a group of species in the genus
Rubus, section
Rubus, closely related to the
blackberries. They are small trailing (rather than upright or high-arching)
brambles with
aggregate fruits, reminiscent of the
raspberry, but are usually purple to black instead of red. Unlike many other
Rubus species, dewberries have separate male and female plants (they are
dioecious).
dewberry
Noun
1. any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America
(synonym) dewberry bush, running blackberry
(hypernym) blackberry, blackberry bush
(hyponym) American dewberry, Rubus canadensis
(member-holonym) Rubus, genus Rubus
2. blackberry-like fruits of any of several trailing blackberry bushes
(hypernym) berry
(part-holonym) Northern dewberry, American dewberry, Rubus flagellaris
Dewberry
(n.)
The plant which bears the fruit.
(n.)
The fruit of certain species of bramble (Rubus); in England, the fruit of R. caesius, which has a glaucous bloom; in America, that of R. canadensis and R. hispidus, species of low blackberries.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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