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dewberry

DEFINITIONS OF: dewberry

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n any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America

Synonyms:
dewberry bush, running blackberry
Types:
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American dewberry, Rubus canadensis
North American dewberry
American dewberry, Northern dewberry, Rubus flagellaris
of eastern North America
Rubus trivialis, Southern dewberry
of southern North America
Rubus hispidus, swamp blackberry, swamp dewberry
of eastern North America
European dewberry, Rubus caesius
creeping European bramble bearing dewberries
Type of:
blackberry, blackberry bush
bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle

n blackberry-like fruits of any of several trailing blackberry bushes

Type of:
berry
any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
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