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Etymology

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From vine +‎ berry. Compare English wineberry.

Noun

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vineberry (plural vineberries)

  1. a berry that grows on a vine, especially a cranberry or grape
    • 2010, Heather Ranier, Tales of the Goddessi:
      She found her hands crushed under the coiled cords and she poked her fingers between two, watching them grow red and then purple as overripe vineberries.
    • 2016, Robert Bevan-Jones, The Ancient Yew:
      [] and in the second place, that the arches at least, of that venerable historic edifice were festooned with clusters of the ripe vine-berry, carved from ancient yew, and apparently coloured to imitate the natural grapes, probably some part of a more ancient roof of the church itself.

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