crowberry
(noun) a low evergreen shrub with small purple flowers and black berrylike fruit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
6 June 2025
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
