wineberry

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English

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Etymology

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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

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wineberry (plural wineberries)

  1. (obsolete, possibly poetic) The grape (fruit of plants of the genus Vitis).
  2. The plant Rubus phoenicolasius, the Japanese wineberry.
  3. Its edible fruit, resembling a raspberry.
  4. The tree Aristotelia serrata, endemic to New Zealand, with broad rose-coloured leaves.
  5. Its edible fruit, a small black berry.
  6. (UK, obsolete) The red currant.

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