wineberry

American  

[wahyn-ber-ee, -buh-ree] / ˈwaɪnˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

noun

plural

wineberries

1. a prickly shrub, Rubus phoenicolasius, of China and Japan, having pinkish or white flowers and small, red, edible fruit.

2. the fruit of this plant.

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wineberry British  

/ ˈwaɪnˌbɛrɪ /

noun

1. another name for mako 2

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Etymology

Origin of wineberry

before 1000; Middle English winberie, Old English wīnberige grape. See wine, berry

Example Sentences

In places their flanks were brushed by tall, black-stemmed fern, and where the forest was more open treacherous gravel slipped beneath the hoofs that sank from sight amidst the blood-red clusters of the little wineberry.

From Alton of Somasco by Bindloss, Harold

My little dark love is a wineberry, As swarth and as sweet, I hold; But as the dew on the wineberry Her heart is a-cold.

From The Mountainy Singer by MacCathmhaoil, Seosamh

The afternoon was hot, the little wineberry bushes were soft, and Jimmy lay in a big hemlock's shade.

From Northwest! by Bindloss, Harold