dewberry
- noun
- /ˈduːˌbɛri/
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- My grandmother used to make delicious pies using fresh dewberries from the local fields.
Examples
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Some fresh ripe dewberries rounded out the meal.
Fiction book (1990) -
Feed him with apricocks and dewberries, with purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries.
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They were sampling dewberry wine they had put up themselves, but as Bob points out, the alcohol content was bound to be nil.
Fiction book (1992) -
feed him with apricocks and dewberries, with purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries;
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The children picked ripe dewberries from the garden for their picnic.
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We found a patch of wild dewberries while hiking and enjoyed their sweet, juicy flavor.
Synonyms
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A small juicy fruit used in desserts and jams
A low wild bush that grows along the ground and produces small dark blue berries you can eat
A low bushy plant from Europe that makes blue-black berries
A low bush that makes small edible dark berries and has stems that trail on the ground
A low bush from eastern North America that makes small dark berries
A wild berry plant like a blackberry that grows in southern North America
A wild low bush that grows along the ground and produces edible blackberries
A low wild plant that makes small black edible berries like blackberries
A bristly trailing plant with small black berries like a blackberry that grows in wet places
A low-growing bush that makes small edible berries like blackberries
A low wild bush that makes sweet dark purple or black berries like blackberries
Compounds
A low bush that grows along the ground and makes small dark berries like blackberries
A low wild bush that makes sweet dark purple or black berries like blackberries
A low wild bush that grows along the ground and produces small dark blue berries you can eat
- Specialized
A bristly trailing plant with small black berries like a blackberry that grows in wet places
- Specialized
A wild blackberry bush with long black fruit that grows in western North America
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dewberry comes from the simple words dew ('morning drops of water') and berry ('small fruit'), so the name helps you remember a dark, blackberry-like fruit that grows close to the ground and is often found in the wet morning grass.