dewberry

/'dju:beri/

Thân thiện

A child picks a ripe dewberry from a trailing vine.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A type of fruit: A small, edible fruit that is similar to a blackberry, typically dark purple or black when ripe, and grows on trailing plants.
   • The plant itself: Any of several trailing bramble plants (genus Rubus, section Rubus) that produce this fruit, especially common in North America.

Examples of Usage

• Noun (Fruit):
  • We went foraging and collected a basket of sweet dewberries.
  • The pie was made with fresh dewberries from the garden.
• Noun (Plant):
  • The dewberry is a low-growing, trailing bramble.
  • Be careful of the thorns when picking from the dewberry bush.

Advanced Usage

• Botanical context: In botanical classification, "dewberry" often refers specifically to species with a trailing or creeping growth habit, as opposed to the more upright canes of other blackberries.
  • The southern dewberry (Rubus trivialis) is a common species in the southeastern United States.

Variants and Related Words

• Dewberry bush/plant/vine: Common compound terms referring to the plant itself.
  • The property was bordered by a thicket of dewberry vines.

Synonyms

• Trailing blackberry: A direct synonym emphasizing the plant's growth habit.
• Bramble berry: A general term for fruits from thorny shrubs of the genus .

Related Phrases

• Dewberry patch: An area where dewberry plants grow densely.
  • We found a large dewberry patch near the creek.

Related Idioms

(This word is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions.)

Học thuật

Noun

1. blackberry-like fruits of any of several trailing blackberry bushes
2. any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America

Từ đồng nghĩa

• dewberry bush
• running blackberry