crowberry

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

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.

Origin of crowberry

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

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Examples from the Web for crowberry

Historical Examples of crowberry

They seemed to be feeding to some extent on the patches of crowberry and dwarf birch.
The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin
Francis Harper
Bishop John taught the people to prepare wine from the crowberry (krkiberium), as he himself had been instructed by King Sverrer.
Notes and Queries, Number 137, June 12, 1852
Various
The crowberry is very abundant about Fort Churchill and northward.
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
Galway, from a caterpillar found at a bog in the vicinity, where crowberry grows abundantly.
The Moths of the British Isles, First Series
Richard South

British Dictionary definitions for crowberry

crowberry

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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