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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.

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Also called bake apple.

Origin of cloudberry

First recorded in 1590–1600; cloud + berry

Words nearby cloudberry

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