Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several trailing prickly shrubs of the genus Rubus of North America and Eurasia, having purple or black fruit resembling blackberries.
- noun The fruit of any of these plants.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In England, the popular name of the Rubus cæsius, a bramble which grows in woods, thickets, hedges, and the borders of fields; the fruit of this plant. The fruit is black, with a bluish dewy bloom, and of an agreeable acid taste.
- noun In the United States, the popular name of Rubus Canadensis, the low blackberry, a trailing plant which has a large sweet fruit; the fruit of this plant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The fruit of certain species of bramble (Rubus); in England, the fruit of
Rubus cæsius , which has a glaucous bloom; in America, that ofRubus canadensis andRubus hispidus , species of low blackberries. - noun The plant which bears the fruit.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Small
brambles of the genusRubus which have stems that trail along the ground. - noun The purple to black berries of these plants.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun blackberry-like fruits of any of several trailing blackberry bushes
- noun any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America
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Examples
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I wonder if a dewberry is like a mulberry, as mulberry are somewhat similar to blackberries but they are sweeter and more pinkish than black or purple.
Dewberry cobbler is your reward | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009
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The dewberry is a sister to the lotus, and an innocent sister.
Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868
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The dewberry is a sister to the lotus, and an innocent sister.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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The dewberry is a sister to the lotus, and an innocent sister.
Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Complete George Meredith 1868
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I just bought a pair (gray and "dewberry") for my mom and future mother-in-law and I know they are going to love them too!
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"dewberry," as our Southern neighbors call it, in prettier and more
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various
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"dewberry," as our Southern neighbors call it, in prettier and more
The Professor at the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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"dewberry," as our Southern neighbors call it, in prettier and more
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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This looks wonderful and now you've got me curious for the dewberry!
Dewberry cobbler is your reward | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009
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Once I had heard that the dewberry grew on more of a vine and a blackberry grew on more of a bush or vice versa.
Dewberry cobbler is your reward | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009
qroqqa commented on the word dewberry
Bread and honey and little strawberries were their morning fare, and in the evening they had seed-cake and dewberry wine.
—Max Beerbohm, The Happy Hypocrite, 1897
December 31, 2008
corylusavellana commented on the word dewberry
Also as thingummy.
December 31, 2008