dogberry

See also: Dogberry

English

Etymology

See dogwood and berry. Compare also dog rose. Compare German Hundbeere (“bittersweet”), Ancient Greek κυνόσβατος (kunósbatos, “evergreen rose”), Lithuanian šùnobelė (“buckthorn”), Italian mela canina (“mandrake”).

Noun

dogberry (plural dogberries)

1. The berry of the dogwood.
2. Clintonia borealis (yellow clintonia)

Translations

the berry of the dogwood

• Albanian: thënukël f
• Polish: dereń (pl) m
• Russian: кизи́л (ru) m (kizíl)

References

• “dogberry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.