crowberry

[ kroh-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]

/ ˈkroʊˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

noun, plural crow·ber·ries.

the black or reddish berry of a heathlike, evergreen shrub, Empetrum nigrum, of northern regions.

the plant itself.

any of certain other fruits or the plants bearing similar berries, as the bearberry.

Origin of crowberry

1590–1600; crow¹ + berry, probably translation of German Krähenbeere

Words nearby crowberry

crouton, Crouzon's disease, crow, crowbait, crowbar, crowberry, crow-bill, crow blackbird, crowboot, crowd, crowded

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Example sentences from the Web for crowberry

The crowberry is very abundant about Fort Churchill and northward.
A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772|Samuel Hearne
Galway, from a caterpillar found at a bog in the vicinity, where crowberry grows abundantly.
The Moths of the British Isles, First Series|Richard South
Bishop John taught the people to prepare wine from the crowberry (krkiberium), as he himself had been instructed by King Sverrer.
Notes and Queries, Number 137, June 12, 1852|Various
They seemed to be feeding to some extent on the patches of crowberry and dwarf birch.
The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin|Francis Harper

British Dictionary definitions for crowberry

crowberry

/ (ˈkrəʊbərɪ, -brɪ) /

noun plural -ries

a low-growing N temperate evergreen shrub, Empetrum nigrum, with small purplish flowers and black berry-like fruit: family Empetraceae

any of several similar or related plants

the fruit of any of these plants

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单词	crowberry
释义	crowberry [ kroh-ber-ee, -buh-ree ] / ˈkroʊˌbɛr i, -bə ri / noun, plural crow·ber·ries. the black or reddish berry of a heathlike, evergreen shrub, Empetrum nigrum, of northern regions. the plant itself. any of certain other fruits or the plants bearing similar berries, as the bearberry. Origin of crowberry 1590–1600; crow¹ + berry, probably translation of German Krähenbeere Words nearby crowberry crouton, Crouzon's disease, crow, crowbait, crowbar, crowberry, crow-bill, crow blackbird, crowboot, crowd, crowded Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for crowberry The crowberry is very abundant about Fort Churchill and northward. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772\|Samuel Hearne Galway, from a caterpillar found at a bog in the vicinity, where crowberry grows abundantly. The Moths of the British Isles, First Series\|Richard South Bishop John taught the people to prepare wine from the crowberry (krkiberium), as he himself had been instructed by King Sverrer. Notes and Queries, Number 137, June 12, 1852\|Various They seemed to be feeding to some extent on the patches of crowberry and dwarf birch. The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin\|Francis Harper British Dictionary definitions for crowberry crowberry / (ˈkrəʊbərɪ, -brɪ) / noun plural -ries a low-growing N temperate evergreen shrub, Empetrum nigrum, with small purplish flowers and black berry-like fruit: family Empetraceae any of several similar or related plants the fruit of any of these plants Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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