crowberry

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

noun,plural crow·ber·ries.
  1. the black or reddish berry of a heathlike, evergreen shrub, Empetrum nigrum, of northern regions.

  2. the plant itself.

  1. any of certain other fruits or the plants bearing similar berries, as the bearberry.

Origin of crowberry

1
1590–1600; crow1 + berry, probably translation of German Krähenbeere

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crowberry

/ (ˈkrəʊbərɪ, -brɪ) /


nounplural -ries
  1. a low-growing N temperate evergreen shrub, Empetrum nigrum, with small purplish flowers and black berry-like fruit: family Empetraceae

  2. any of several similar or related plants

  1. the fruit of any of these plants

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