sugarberry
9.9
A small sweet dark purple berry with a large pit that grows in the southern United States
- noun
- /ˈsʌɡərˌbɛri/
- US
:
bayas de azúcar
- After tasting the delicious sugarberries, she decided to make a jam with her harvest.
Examples
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The children enjoyed picking sweet sugarberries from the bushes during their hike in the woods.
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On warm summer days, they often gathered sugarberries to eat as a refreshing snack in the garden.
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River birch, sycamore, and sugarberry also occur along streams west of the Coastal Plain.
Academic text (2012) -
Sugarberry II: Low moist soils, widely distributed in river valleys.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
9.5
A small dark fruit with a large hard seed that birds often eat
is the common term for the same sweet southern berry
Surface Forms
sugarberry singular
sugarberries plural
Morphology
Etymology
The word sugarberry comes from the English words sugar ('sweet') and berry ('small fruit'), and it refers to the small dark fruit that tastes especially sweet.
