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noun
The grape (fruit of plants of the genus Vitis).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, poetic, possibly
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noun
The plant Rubus phoenicolasius, the Japanese wineberry.
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noun
The plant Rubus phoenicolasius, the Japanese wineberry.
Its edible fruit, resembling a raspberry.
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noun
The tree Aristotelia serrata, endemic to New Zealand, with broad rose-coloured leaves.
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noun
The tree Aristotelia serrata, endemic to New Zealand, with broad rose-coloured leaves.
Its edible fruit, a small black berry.
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noun
The red currant.
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Usage: UK, obsolete
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noun
graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: makomako, New Zealand wine berry, Aristotelia serrata, Aristotelia racemosa
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Broader terms: shrub, bush
noun
raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown for ornament and for the small red acid fruits
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Rubus phoenicolasius
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Broader terms: raspberry, raspberry bush
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh1y-? Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *wéyh1ōder. Proto-Italic *wīnom Latin vīnumbor. Proto-Germanic *wīną Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-Germanic *wīnabazją Proto-West Germanic *wīnabaʀi Old English wīnberġe Middle English wynberie English wineberry From Middle English wynberie, wynberie (“a grape or some other kind of berry”), from Old English wīnberġe (“grape”, literally “wine-berry”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīnabaʀi, from Proto-Germanic *wīnabasją (“wineberry; grape”), equivalent to wine + berry. Doublet of whimberry (“bilberry”). Cognate with Dutch wijnbeer, West Frisian wynbei (“grape”), wiemer (“currant”), German Weinbeere (“grape”), Swedish vinbär (“currant”), Icelandic vínber (“grape”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌹 (weinabasi, “grape”).
Across languages
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