crowberry

crow·ber·ry

C0770000 (krō′bĕr′ē)n.1. A low-growing evergreen shrub (Empetrum nigrum) native to cool regions of the Northern Hemisphere and having tiny leaves, small pinkish or purplish flowers, and black, berrylike fruits.2. The fruit of this plant.

[Probably translation of German Krähenbeere : Krähe, crow + Beere, berry.]

crowberry

(ˈkrəʊbərɪ; -brɪ) n, pl -ries1. (Plants) a low-growing N temperate evergreen shrub, Empetrum nigrum, with small purplish flowers and black berry-like fruit: family Empetraceae2. (Plants) any of several similar or related plants3. (Plants) the fruit of any of these plants. Also called: crakeberry

crow•ber•ry

(ˈkroʊˌbɛr i, -bə ri)

n., pl. -ries. 1. a low evergreen shrub, Empetrum nigrum, of the crowberry family, bearing an edible black berry. 2. the berry itself. [1590–1600]

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crowberry - a low evergreen shrub with small purple flowers and black berrylike fruitEmpetrum, genus Empetrum - crowberriesbush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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crowberry

crowberry,

evergreen alpine and arctic shrub of the genus Empetrum (or, sometimes, other related species), bearing black, red, or purple berrylike fruits. Some are cultivated in rock gardens. Crowberry is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Ericales, family Empetraceae.

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noun a low evergreen shrub with small purple flowers and black berrylike fruit

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