cloudberry
noun
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.
cloudberries
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pluralof cloudberry.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
Only when he got there did he remember that cloudberries grow on moors and marshes, not in birchwoods, and that it was too late in the year for them anyway.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
