cloudberry
Americannoun
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cloudberries
plural
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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.
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the plant itself.
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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
“If you serve waffles to a Swedish person who is a grown up, you must serve it with cloudberry jam,” said Mr. Ahlen, who also owns Våffelstugen Hundfjället, a nearby cabin that specializes in waffles.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
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
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
I asked Mr. Ahlen why cloudberries have celebrity status here, and he explained that they are the pride of the forest, the rare Arctic berry.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
Sápmi doesn't have the most fertile soil in the world , but blueberries and cloudberries are plentiful and ready to pick during long summer days.
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
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
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