cloudberry

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

/ ˈklaʊdˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

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noun, plural cloud·ber·ries.

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.

the plant itself.

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Also called bake apple.

Origin of cloudberry

First recorded in 1590–1600; cloud + berry

Words nearby cloudberry

clou, cloud, cloudage, cloud band, cloud base, cloudberry, cloudbow, cloudburst, cloud cap, cloud-capped, cloud chamber

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How to use cloudberry in a sentence

They landed on swampy ground, and made their way over rare beautiful mosses, ling, and low growth of bilberry and cloudberry.
Katharine Frensham|Beatrice Harraden
The usual home of the mountain raspberry, or cloudberry, is on the mountain-tops among the clouds.
On the Trail|Lina Beard and Adelia Belle Beard
In the far north, where it is found in great profusion, the cloudberry is made into delicious jam.
On the Trail|Lina Beard and Adelia Belle Beard
The cloudberry or baked-apple berry is abundant throughout the country treated by Hearne.
A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772|Samuel Hearne

A pretty little plant, similar in distribution to the cloudberry.
A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772|Samuel Hearne

British Dictionary definitions for cloudberry

cloudberry

/ (ˈklaʊdbərɪ, -brɪ) /

noun plural -ries

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

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