cloudberry

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

/ ˈklaʊdˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

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.

Nearby words

cloud seeding, cloud-capped, cloud-cuckoo land, cloud-cuckoo-land, cloudage, cloudberry, cloudbow, cloudburst, clouded, clouded leopard, clouded yellow

Origin of cloudberry

First recorded in 1590–1600; cloud + berry

Also called bake apple.

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Examples from the Web for cloudberry

The cloudberry, which grows on the tops of the highest mountains, is the badge of the clan Macfarlane.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 462|Various
The Cloudberry (Rubus Chammorus) abounded hereabouts, and was now in bloom.
Lachesis Lapponica|Carl von Linn
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
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

Instead of the fruit-gardens here, he has the miles of cloudberry moors at home.
The Visionary|Jonas Lie

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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