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Webster 1913 Edition


Wineberry

Wine′berˊry

,
Noun.
(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.

Definition 2024


wineberry

wineberry

English

Noun

wineberry (plural wineberries)

  1. The plant Rubus phoenicolasius, the Japanese wineberry.
  2. Its edible fruit, resembling a raspberry.
  3. The tree Aristotelia serrata, endemic to New Zealand, with broad rose-coloured leaves.
  4. Its edible fruit, a small black berry.

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