crowberry
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crowberry
- /ˈkɹəʊbəɹɪ/ UK
Where it comes from
From crow + berry; probably a calque of German Krähenbeere. Apparently so-called due to birds' fondness for the fruit. Yet the dark color (compare Old Norse blár (“blue-black, like a raven's sheen”)) may be the main or another factor; compare Inuktitut paurngaq (“crowberry”) (allegedly meaning "which looks like soot").
noun crowberries
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Empetrum; a small genus of dwarf evergreen shrubs that bear edible fruit.
Similar: crakeberry
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Empetrum nigrum; a species of crowberry.
Black crowberry. Empetrum nigrum. Crowberry Family. Fruit. — The black drupe is berrylike, globular, and incloses six to nine seedlike nutlets with a seed in each. The calyx is at the base and the stigma is at the apex. The drupes are solitary in the leaf axils. They are juicy, acid, edible, and ser
Similar: crakeberry, mossberry
- A fruit of this plant.
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noun the genus Empetrum
| Français | camarine |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Krähenbeere |
| Română | vuietoare |
| Русский | ворони́ка voroníka, водяни́ка vodjaníka, ши́кша šíkša |
noun the species Empetrum nigrum
| 中文 | 岩高蘭 /岩高兰 yángāolán |
|---|---|
| Français | camarine noire |
| Română | vuietoare |
noun fruit
| Español | murtilla |
|---|---|
| Français | camarine |
| Deutsch | Krähenbeere |
| Русский | ворони́ка voroníka, водяни́ка vodjaníka |
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title = {crowberry},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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