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[syn: American dewberry, Rubus canadensis]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dewberry \Dew"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
(a) The fruit of certain species of bramble (Rubus); in
England, the fruit of Rubus c[ae]sius, which has a
glaucous bloom; in America, that of Rubus canadensis
and Rubus hispidus, species of low blackberries.
(b) The plant which bears the fruit.
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Feed him with apricots and dewberries. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Blackberry \Black"ber*ry\ (bl[a^]k"b[e^]r*r[y^]), n. [OE.
blakberye, AS. bl[ae]cberie; bl[ae]c black + berie berry.]
The fruit of several species of bramble (Rubus); also, the
plant itself. Rubus fruticosus is the blackberry of
England; Rubus villosus and Rubus Canadensis are the high
blackberry and low blackberry of the United States. There are
also other kinds.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Rubus canadensis
n 1: North American dewberry [syn: American dewberry, Rubus
canadensis]