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cloudberry

American  
[kloud-ber-ee, -buh-ree] / ˈklaʊdˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

noun

cloudberries plural
  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 British  
/ -brɪ, ˈklaʊdbərɪ /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of cloudberry

First recorded in 1590–1600; cloud + berry

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Torched dessert cracks like ice, crème brûlée with salted caramel mousse and cloudberry compote, fire and frost in one spoonful.

From Salon Mar. 8, 2026

Some of my most successful table spreads have included cloudberry jam from Norway, hot sauce from Belize, Japanese matcha, paprika chips from Spain, Portuguese sardines and dukkah, an Egyptian spice mix.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 4, 2025

In the morning, congratulating myself on not having used the emergency phone, I breakfasted on cloudberry doughnuts and homemade dried reindeer.

From The New Yorker Apr. 22, 2019

The cloudberry harvest was down because it was too hot for the alpine fruit.

From Seattle Times Aug. 4, 2018

Poor old grand-dad thed at cloudberry time, and Uncle Onk b inefficient We were looking for somebody to follow.’

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Henry heads straight for the grill while Pia collects cloudberries and prepares mocktails inspired by their natural surroundings.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2022

Southwards, the coast yields to low stands of dwarf birch and willow, sphagnum bogs of arctic cotton grass, pitcher plants, blueberries, lingonberries, and cloudberries.

From Scientific American Nov. 18, 2019

In the summer, they would set out in his boat for weeks and pitch canvas tents on a rocky island, where Ms. Saila learned to pluck sea gull eggs, pick orange cloudberries and hunt.

From New York Times Oct. 19, 2019

Now in her 20s, she grew up in a village near Viiankiaapa and spent her childhood fishing for pike and picking cloudberries in the reserve.

From The Guardian Feb. 23, 2019

He forced himself to climb the slope behind the big red rock to look for cloudberries.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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