crackerberry

[ krak-er-ber-ee ]

noun

, plural crack·er·ber·ries.

1. bunchberry.

Word History and Origins

Origin of crackerberry¹

1865–70, Americanism; so called from the sound made when it is crunched. See cracker, berry

Example Sentences

All the little wood things—the ferns and the satin leaves and the crackerberries—have gone to sleep, just as if somebody had tucked them away until spring under a blanket of leaves.

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