CROWBERRY

crowberry

(noun) a low evergreen shrub with small purple flowers and black berrylike fruit

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

crowberry (plural crowberries)

Empetrum; a small genus of dwarf evergreen shrubs that bear edible fruit.

Empetrum nigrum; a species of crowberry.

A fruit of this plant.

Source: Wiktionary


Crow`ber`ry (kr"br`r), n. (Bot.)

Definition: A heathlike plant of the genus Empetrum, and its fruit, a black, scarcely edible berry; -- also called crakeberry.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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