olallieberry

[ol-uh-lee-ber-ee]

noun

plural

olallieberries 

1. a blackberry that is a cross between the loganberry and the youngberry, cultivated in California and Oregon.

Word History and Origins

Origin of olallieberry¹

olallie < Chinook Jargon: berries < Lower Chinook úlali ( ú-lalx camass + -ix deictic suffix, indicating a patch or region of something) + berry

Example Sentences

For lunch that day, we visited Linn’s, a family-owned restaurant known for its olallieberry pie.

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This family-owned restaurant is famous for its produce and olallieberry pie.

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There are maybe 20 pies on the menu, including Dutch apple and olallieberry.

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