salmon berry
- noun
- /ˈsælmən ˈbɛri/
- US
:
frambuesa salmón
- During our hike, we enjoyed the sweet taste of salmon berries that were growing along the trail.
Examples
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In the forest, we spotted a bush full of salmon berries, which were ripe and ready for picking.
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For the past three weeks, I've heard of folks going out to pick blueberries and salmon berries (a berry I was ignorant of until recently) and then heard tales of their uses from jam to scones to pancakes.
Blog text (14) -
Back at the beach, the women had all the children fed and ready to harvest the fully ripened blueberries, salmon berries, blackberries, and cranberries.
Fiction book (2002) -
Many locals make delicious jams and desserts using salmon berries harvested in the summer.
Synonyms
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A bush with small orange or red berries that you can eat, like raspberries
A wild raspberry bush from western North America and Mexico with white flowers and small orange berries shaped like thimbles
Surface Forms
Morphology
salmon + berry
The noun is a clear compound of 'salmon' + 'berry', so a learner who knows 'berry' will understand this denotes a type of fruit and 'salmon' plausibly signals color or association (e.g., salmon-coloured). The exact botanical species and specific attributes (white-flowered, thimble-shaped orange fruit) are not predictable from the constituents alone, so the meaning is only partially derivable.
Etymology
Salmon berry comes from the berry's bright orange color, which looks like the flesh of a salmon, and from the fact that these small plants often grow near streams and the coast where salmon swim. So the name links the fish and the little fruit, helping you remember it means an orange, coastal berry.