In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
DEWBERRY
dewberry
(noun) blackberry-like fruits of any of several trailing blackberry bushes
dewberry, dewberry bush, running blackberry
(noun) any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Dewberry
A surname.
A village in Alberta, Canada.
Etymology
Noun
dewberry (plural dewberries)
Small brambles of the genus Rubus which have stems that trail along the ground.
The European dewberry, Rubus caesius.
The American dewberries, species of Rubus sect. Flagellares
The purple to black berries of these plants.
Source: Wiktionary
Dew"ber`ry, n. (Bot.) (a) The fruit of certain species of bramble (Rubus); in England, the fruit of R. cæsius, which has a glaucous bloom; in America, that of R. canadensis and R. hispidus, species of low blackberries. (b) The plant which bears the fruit. Feed him with apricots and dewberries. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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