Wineberry
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The grape (fruit of plants of the genus Vitis). obsolete, poetic, possibly
- 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 wordnet
- 3 The plant Rubus phoenicolasius, the Japanese wineberry.
- 4 raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown for ornament and for the small red acid fruits wordnet
- 5 Its edible fruit, resembling a raspberry.
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- 6 The tree Aristotelia serrata, endemic to New Zealand, with broad rose-coloured leaves.
- 7 Its edible fruit, a small black berry.
- 8 The red currant. UK, obsolete
Etymology
From Middle English wynberie, wynberie (“a grape or some other kind of berry”), from Old English wīnberġe (“grape”, literally “wine-berry”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīnabaʀi, from Proto-Germanic *wīnabasją (“wineberry; grape”), equivalent to wine + berry. Doublet of whimberry (“bilberry”). Cognate with Dutch wijnbeer, West Frisian wynbei (“grape”), wiemer (“currant”), German Weinbeere (“grape”), Swedish vinbär (“currant”), Icelandic vínber (“grape”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌹 (weinabasi, “grape”).
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