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dewberry

name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈdjuː.b(ə.)ɹi/
  • UK: /ˈd͡ʒuː.b(ə.)ɹi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, US: /ˈduˌbɛɹ.i/
  • Australian: /ˈd͡ʒʉː.b(ə.)ɹi/
  • CMU ARPABET: D UW1 B EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A village in Alberta, Canada.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

name

Meaning 2

An unincorporated community in Ripley County, Indiana, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

name

Meaning 3

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Small brambles of the genus Rubus which have stems that trail along the ground.

European dewberry, Rubus caesius.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Small brambles of the genus Rubus which have stems that trail along the ground.

American dewberry, species of Rubus sect. Flagellares

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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6

noun

Meaning 6

The purple to black berries of these plants.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

noun

Meaning 7

blackberry-like fruits of any of several trailing blackberry bushes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: berry

8

noun

Meaning 8

any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dewberry bush, running blackberry

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: blackberry, blackberry bush

Narrower terms: American dewberry, Rubus canadensis, Northern dewberry, Rubus flagellaris, Southern dewberry, Rubus trivialis, swamp dewberry, swamp blackberry, Rubus hispidus, European dewberry, Rubus caesius

History

Etymology

From dew + berry.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: մոշենի (mošeni) — Rubus caesius
  • Armenian: մոշ (moš) — Rubus caesius
  • Bulgarian: полска къпина (polska kǎpina) — Rubus caesius
  • Catalan: romegueró — Rubus caesius
  • Cherokee: ᎤᏠᏏᏅᏓ (utlosinvda) — Rubus caesius
  • Danish: korbær — Rubus caesius
  • Dutch: dauwbraam — Rubus caesius
  • Estonian: põldmurakas — Rubus caesius
  • Finnish: sinivatukka — Rubus caesius
  • German: Kratzbeere — Rubus caesius
  • German: Ackerbeere — Rubus caesius
  • German: Bockbeere — Rubus caesius
  • Ancient Greek: ἐρίφιον (eríphion) — Rubus caesius
  • Norwegian: blåbringebær — Rubus caesius
  • Polish: jeżyna popielica — Rubus caesius
  • Polish: popielica — Rubus caesius
  • Polish: jeżyna sinojagodowa — Rubus caesius
  • Russian: ежеви́ка си́зая (ježevíka sízaja) — Rubus caesius
  • Spanish: zarza pajarera — Rubus caesius
  • Spanish: duberi — Rubus caesius
  • Spanish: dewberry — Rubus caesius
  • Swedish: blåhallon — Rubus caesius
  • Turkish: böğürtlen — Rubus caesius
  • Turkish: bük — Rubus caesius