wineberry

noun

1

: a raspberry (Rubus phoenicolasius) of China and Japan grown for ornament and for the small red acid fruits half enclosed in the hairy calyx

2

: makomako sense 1

Word History

Etymology

Middle English winberi, winberie grape, wineberry, from Old English wīnberige grape, from wīn wine + berige, berie berry

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