sunberry

9.9

A small edible berry from a garden plant that turns orange or black when ripe

noun
/ˈsʌnˌbɛri/

Specialized

: sunberry

The sunberry plant thrives in warm, sunny gardens and produces berries in late summer.

Examples

She added a handful of sunberries to her fruit salad for extra flavor.
Many gardeners appreciate the unique taste of sunberry jam.
The sunberry plant thrives in warm climates.
I love the taste of sunberries in my smoothies.
Many gardeners appreciate the unique taste of sunberry jam made from fresh fruit.
She added a handful of sunberries to her fruit salad for an extra burst of sweetness.
The sunberry plant thrives in warm, sunny gardens and produces small, juicy berries.

Synonyms

wonderberry

vssunberry

Specialized

1 9.9

A garden plant people grow for its small orange or black edible berries

is a cultivated black nightshade of a different species rather than the improved form

Solanum melanocerasum

vssunberry

Specialized

9.9

A garden plant grown for its small edible orange or black berries

is a cultivated black nightshade of a different species rather than the improved form

Solanum burbankii

vssunberry

Specialized

9.9

A garden plant with small edible orange or black berries

is the different cultivated species, not described as the improved form

garden huckleberry

vssunberry

8.9

A small garden plant people grow for edible dark or orange berries

is a distinct garden variety from a separate black nightshade species

Solanum nigrum guineese

vssunberry

Specialized

9.9

A garden plant like black nightshade with small edible orange or black berries

is a garden cultivar of a different black nightshade species rather than this one

Surface Forms

sunberry singular

sunberries plural

Morphology

sunberry = sun + berry (opaque) = sun + berry

The word 'sunberry' combines 'sun' and 'berry', but the specific plant it refers to is not directly inferable from its components.

Etymology

Sunberry is made of sun ('sun') and berry ('small fruit'). So, the name helps you remember a garden plant with small, edible berries that ripen in warm, sunny weather.