Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A creeping perennial herb (Rubus chamaemorus) in the rose family, native to northern North America and Eurasia and having white flowers and edible yellowish fruit.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A species of dwarf raspberry, Rubus Chamæmorus, with a creeping root-stock and simple stem, from 4 to 8 inches high.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A species of raspberry (
Rubus Chamæmerous ) growing in the northern regions, and bearing edible, amber-colored fruit.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A species of slow-growing
bramble . - noun The
fruit of these plants.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries
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Examples
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A cloudberry is a wild raspberry with large orange fruit.
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Other berries such as cloudberry and lingonberry ( '' V. vitis-idaea '') are said to have declined in the last 30 years [18].
Phenotypic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation 2009
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It would be a close call between brownie cheesecake and cloudberry cheesecake … I think I have to go for cloudberry though because I can only make it when I am lucky enough to have some nice relative send me some jam …
Mini Pumpkin Cheesecake Pan and a Giveaway! | Baking Bites 2009
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Ms. Rowe also imports cloudberry preserves, which is the berry's most common format in Scandinavia.
Brown Cheese And Birch: Nordic Foods' Appeal Grows J. S. Marcus 2011
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The Swedish food section in IKEA stores sell cloudberry jam, which Swedes often serve with hot waffles.
Brown Cheese And Birch: Nordic Foods' Appeal Grows J. S. Marcus 2011
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Which is fine, because it's not like there were things I wanted to do this week other than curling up on the sofa and trying to get and keep something in my system that has more substance in it than cloudberry tisane.
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In Poulsbo, Wash., MorMor Bistro & Bar tops cheesecake with cloudberry preserves infused with Riesling wine and orange zest.
Brown Cheese And Birch: Nordic Foods' Appeal Grows J. S. Marcus 2011
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Something of the gold in the cloudberry champagne swirled within the liquid of her voice and warmed everyone who listened: it was faint, but you could see it if you realized what to look for.
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The Cloudberry Dream, shown at left, is a sweet crepe prepared with cloudberry cream.
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Bjørn had cloudberry gelato – he said it was the nommiest ever… and licorice – not so enthusiastic about that wun – it was just ok…
Aha! Just as I - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
chained_bear commented on the word cloudberry
"'I taught him about crowberries and cloudberries. You can eat this one raw or in a salad,' she says, pointing to a photograph of brook saxifrage. 'And you can eat the roots of these two—wild celery and what the book calls Parry's wallflower.'"
—James Campbell, The Final Frontiersman (New York and London: Atria Books, 2004), 244
September 17, 2008