wineberry Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown for ornament and for the small red acid fruits
Rubus phoenicolasius.
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noun graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine
makomako; Aristotelia racemosa; Aristotelia serrata; New Zealand wine berry.
WordNet
Wine"ber`ry noun
Definitions
(Bot.) (a) The red currant. (b) The bilberry. (c) A peculiar New Zealand shrub ( Coriaria ruscifolia ), in which the petals ripen and afford an abundant purple juice from which a kind of wine is made. The plant also grows in Chili.
