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boysenberry|ˈbɔɪzən-, ˈbɔɪsənbɛrɪ| [f. the name of Rudolph Boysen, 20th-cent. American horticulturist who developed it + berry n.1] The fruit of a bramble, a hybrid of several plants of the genus Rubus; also, the bramble that bears this fruit.
1935Market Growers Jrnl. 1 Dec., The Boysenberry is a cross between Cuthbert raspberry, Loganberry and blackberry. 1941Reader's Digest Oct. 89/1 Boysenberry pies baked by Mrs. Knott. 1945Greelay (Colorado) Daily Tribune 15 Mar. 10/7 Eldorado [blackberry] is plenty hardy, but Boysenberries both thorny and thornless must be covered thru the winter. 1956Dict. Gardening (R.H.S.) Suppl. 98/1 Boysenberry, July–Aug. Large, purplish-black when ripe. Juicy but acid. |