crowberry

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɹəʊbəɹɪ/
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From crow + berry; probably a calque of German Krähenbeere. Apparently so-called due to birds' fondness for the fruit. Yet the dark color (compare Old Norse blár (“blue-black, like a raven's sheen”)) may be the main or another factor; compare Inuktitut paurngaq (“crowberry”) (allegedly meaning "which looks like soot").

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chukchi: ԓыгоонъыԓгын (ḷygoonʺyḷgyn) — the genus Empetrum
• Czech: šicha — the genus Empetrum
• Danish: revling — the genus Empetrum
• Faroese: berjalyngur — the genus Empetrum
• Faroese: berlyngur — the genus Empetrum
• Finnish: variksenmarja — the genus Empetrum
• French: camarine — the genus Empetrum
• German: Krähenbeere — the genus Empetrum
• Ingrian: sikamarja — the genus Empetrum
• Norwegian: krekling — the genus Empetrum
• Old Norse: krækiber — the genus Empetrum
• Polish: bażyna — the genus Empetrum
• Polish: bagnisko — the genus Empetrum
• Romanian: vuietoare — the genus Empetrum
• Russian: ворони́ка (voroníka) — the genus Empetrum
• Russian: водяни́ка (vodjaníka) — the genus Empetrum
• Russian: ши́кша (šíkša) — the genus Empetrum
• Swedish: kråkbär — the genus Empetrum
• Lower Tanana: dotron' jega' — the genus Empetrum
• Turkish: karga üzümü — the genus Empetrum
• Welsh: creiglus — the genus Empetrum
• Alutiiq: augyaq — the species Empetrum nigrum
• Bulgarian: черен емпетрум (čeren empetrum) — the species Empetrum nigrum
• Chinese Mandarin: 岩高蘭 /岩高兰 (yángāolán) — the species Empetrum nigrum
• Southern East Cree: ᐊᔅᒌᒥᓈᓐᐦ (asciiminaanh) — the species Empetrum nigrum
• Czech: šicha černá — the species Empetrum nigrum
• Danish: almindelig revling — the species Empetrum nigrum
• Danish: revling — the species Empetrum nigrum
• Dutch: kraaiheide — the species Empetrum nigrum
• Finnish: variksenmarja — the species Empetrum nigrum
• French: camarine noire — the species Empetrum nigrum
• Norwegian: krekling — the species Empetrum nigrum
• Polish: bażyna czarna — the species Empetrum nigrum
• Romanian: vuietoare — the species Empetrum nigrum
• Skolt-Sami: čuõ ́mmjõš — the species Empetrum nigrum
• Swedish: kråkbär — the species Empetrum nigrum
• Lower Tanana: dotron' jega' — the species Empetrum nigrum
• Welsh: creiglus — the species Empetrum nigrum
• Welsh: llus y brain — the species Empetrum nigrum
• Montagnais: assimin — fruit
• Faroese: svartber — fruit
• Faroese: svarber — fruit
• Finnish: variksenmarja — fruit
• French: camarine — fruit
• German: Krähenbeere — fruit
• Icelandic: krækiber — fruit
• Russian: ворони́ка (voroníka) — fruit
• Russian: водяни́ка (vodjaníka) — fruit
• Northern Sami: čáhppesmuorji — fruit
• Scottish Gaelic: dearc-fhìona — fruit
• Scottish Gaelic: dearc-fithich — fruit
• Spanish: murtilla — fruit
• Lower Tanana: dotron' jega' — fruit
• Turkish: karga üzümü — fruit
• Welsh: creiglus — fruit
• Welsh: llus y brain — fruit