youngberry


young·ber·ry

Y0027800 (yŭng′bĕr′ē)n.1. A trailing, prickly shrub that is a hybrid between a blackberry and a dewberry.2. The edible, dark red berry of this plant.
[After B.M. Young (fl. 1905), American fruit grower.]

youngberry

(ˈjʌŋbərɪ; -brɪ) n, pl -ries1. (Plants) a trailing bramble of the southwestern US that is a hybrid of a blackberry and dewberry with large sweet dark purple fruits2. (Cookery) the fruit of this plant[C20: named after B. M. Young, US fruit-grower who was first to cultivate it (circa 1900)]

young•ber•ry

(ˈyʌŋˌbɛr i, -bə ri)

n., pl. -ries. 1. a large, sweet, purple berry that is a cultivated cross between a blackberry and a dewberry. 2. the trailing bush bearing this berry. [1930–35; after B. M. Young, U.S. hybridizer, who developed it c1900]