cloudberry

[ kloud-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]

noun

, plural cloud·ber·ries.

1. the orange-yellow edible fruit of a creeping plant, Rubus chamaemorus, of the rose family, related to the raspberries and blackberries and restricted to northern regions.
2. the plant itself.

cloudberry

/ ˈklaʊdbərɪ; -brɪ /

noun

1. a creeping Eurasian herbaceous rosaceous plant, Rubus chamaemorus, with white flowers and orange berry-like fruits (drupelets)

Word History and Origins

Origin of cloudberry¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; cloud + berry

Example Sentences

They landed on swampy ground, and made their way over rare beautiful mosses, ling, and low growth of bilberry and cloudberry.

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The usual home of the mountain raspberry, or cloudberry, is on the mountain-tops among the clouds.

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In the far north, where it is found in great profusion, the cloudberry is made into delicious jam.

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The cloudberry or baked-apple berry is abundant throughout the country treated by Hearne.

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A pretty little plant, similar in distribution to the cloudberry.

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