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crowberry
[ kroh-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]
/ ˈkroʊˌbɛr i, -bə ri /
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noun, plural crow·ber·ries.
the black or reddish berry of a heathlike, evergreen shrub, Empetrum nigrum, of northern regions.
the plant itself.
any of certain other fruits or the plants bearing similar berries, as the bearberry.
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How to use crowberry in a sentence
Bishop John taught the people to prepare wine from the crowberry (krkiberium), as he himself had been instructed by King Sverrer.
Galway, from a caterpillar found at a bog in the vicinity, where crowberry grows abundantly.
The Moths of the British Isles, First Series|Richard SouthThe crowberry is very abundant about Fort Churchill and northward.
They seemed to be feeding to some extent on the patches of crowberry and dwarf birch.
The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin|Francis Harper
British Dictionary definitions for crowberry
crowberry
/ (ˈkrəʊbərɪ, -brɪ) /
noun plural -ries
a low-growing N temperate evergreen shrub, Empetrum nigrum, with small purplish flowers and black berry-like fruit: family Empetraceae
any of several similar or related plants
the fruit of any of these plants
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