Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A trailing, prickly shrub that is a hybrid between a blackberry and a dewberry.
- noun The edible, dark red berry of this plant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
hybrid between ablackberry and adewberry of therose family, first cultivated in thewestern United States .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After B.M. Young, (fl. 1905), American fruit grower.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Named for its cultivator, Byrnes M. Young.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word youngberry.
Examples
-
Serious caneberry cultivation probably began around 1500, and a number of blackberry-raspberry hybrids have been created, including boysenberry, loganberry, youngberry, and tayberry from American species, the Bedford giant from European species.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
-
Serious caneberry cultivation probably began around 1500, and a number of blackberry-raspberry hybrids have been created, including boysenberry, loganberry, youngberry, and tayberry from American species, the Bedford giant from European species.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.