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rowanberry

rowanberry

8.1
A small bright red fruit that grows in groups on a tree and feeds birds
  • noun
translation icon : serbal
  • The rowanberry tree in the garden is full of bright red fruit, attracting many birds.
  • rowanberry tree

Examples

  • Mrs. Stein's niece laid out on her ironing board her new dress of Westphalian cloth, which her aunt had given her on her birthday, took some water into her mouth from a cup with a hand-painted design of rowanberry leaves, and sprayed droplets.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • In autumn, the clusters of rowanberries became a beautiful sight against the blue sky.

  • The wildlife enjoyed the sweet rowanberries that hung in bunches on the tree.

Compounds

rowanberry vodka
  • UK
8.9

A strong alcoholic drink made by soaking rowan berries in alcohol with caramel and fruit brandy

How Ripe

overripe
7 3.0
rowanberry
8.1
unripe
3 2.7

Surface Forms

rowanberry singular
rowanberries plural

Morphology

rowanberry = rowan + berry (transparent) = rowan + berry

A straightforward compound meaning the fruit of the rowan tree; the components combine in the expected literal way.

Etymology

Rowanberry is simply the berry of the rowan tree, and the word rowan comes from an old Norse word for that tree. So rowanberry means the small, bright red fruits that grow in clusters and are often eaten by birds.