crowberry
English
editEtymology
editFrom crow + berry. Apparently so-called due to birds' fondness for the fruit. Yet the dark color (compare Old Norse blár (“blue-black, like a raven's sheen”)) may be the main or another factor; compare Inuktitut paurngaq (“crowberry”) (allegedly meaning "which looks like soot").
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɹəʊbəɹɪ/
Noun
editcrowberry (plural crowberries)
- Empetrum; a small genus of dwarf evergreen shrubs that bear edible fruit.
- Empetrum nigrum; a species of crowberry.
- Synonym: mossberry
- Empetrum nigrum; a species of crowberry.
- A fruit of this plant.
Translations
editthe genus Empetrum
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the species Empetrum nigrum
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fruit
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