wineberry
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wineberry
Where it comes from
From Middle English wynberie, wynberie (“a grape or some other kind of berry”), from Old English wīnberġe (“grape”, literally “wine-berry”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīnabaʀi, from Proto-Germanic *wīnabasją (“wineberry; grape”), equivalent to wine + berry. Doublet of whimberry (“bilberry”).
Cognate with Dutch wijnbeer, West Frisian wynbei (“grape”), wiemer (“currant”), German Weinbeere (“grape”), Swedish vinbär (“currant”), Icelandic vínber (“grape”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌹 (weinabasi, “grape”).
noun wineberries
- The grape (fruit of plants of the genus Vitis).
- The plant Rubus phoenicolasius, the Japanese wineberry.
- Its edible fruit, resembling a raspberry.
- The tree Aristotelia serrata, endemic to New Zealand, with broad rose-coloured leaves.
- Its edible fruit, a small black berry.
- The red currant.
Translations
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noun Japanese wineberry
| Español | uva del Japón |
|---|---|
| Français | framboisier du Japon |
| Deutsch | japanische Weinbeere, rotborstige Himbeere |
| Italiano | uva giapponese |
| Русский | малина пурпурноплодная malina purpurnoplodnaja, малина японская malina japonskaja |
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