averinn.
/ˈeɪvərən/, U.S. /ˈeɪvərən/, Scottish English /ˈev(ə)rən/ Scottish.
The cloudberry or knoutberry ( Rubus chamæmorus).
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1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 26 (Jam.) She..spies a spot of averens ere lang.
1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IX. 237 Picking up here and there a plant of the rubus chamaemorus (the averan or Highland oidh'rac).
1881 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 109 Does the reader know the cranberry and the avern?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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