dewberry
noun
(in North America) the fruit of any of several trailing blackberries of the genus Rubus.
dewberries
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pluralof dewberry.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“Here, I have everything. In the yard around the cabin there are dewberries and wild buckwheat.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2019
Will was on the peat beds, and, asking after Chris, he learnt that she had gone into the valley to pick blackberries and dewberries, where they already began to ripen in the coombs.
From Children of the Mist by Eden Phillpotts
A sun-tanned face and brown bare knees, And a hand stained red with dewberries.
From The Garden of Dreams by Madison J. Cawein
Sparrows and red-birds flitted through the bushes, and dewberries grew ripe beneath.
From Old Creole Days by George Washington Cable
In their season the native berries were very acceptable; the salmonberry ripening early in June; dewberries and red and black huckleberries were plentiful in July and August.
From Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound by Emily Inez Denny
