dewberry

[ doo-ber-ee, -buh-ree, dyoo- ]

noun

, plural dew·ber·ries.

1. (in North America) the fruit of any of several trailing blackberries of the genus Rubus.
2. (in England) the fruit of a bramble, Rubus caesius.
3. a plant bearing either fruit.

dewberry

/ -brɪ; ˈdjuːbərɪ /

noun

1. any trailing bramble, such as Rubus hispidus of North America and R. caesius of Europe and NW Asia, having blue-black fruits
2. the fruit of any such plant

Word History and Origins

Origin of dewberry¹

First recorded in 1570–80; dew + berry

Example Sentences

After half a century, the prison was abandoned and the land — apart from a police shooting range — was reclaimed by pines and privet, dewberry and muscadine vines.

From Los Angeles Times

Her father, a steelworker who never met a vegetable he didn’t want to grow, saw early on that she had a knack for finding the last ripe dewberry on a bush.

From New York Times

“Here, I have everything. In the yard around the cabin there are dewberries and wild buckwheat.”

From Washington Post

Delineate between the thimbleberry and the European dewberry.

From The Verge

Captain Flume gasped and dissolved right back into the patch of dewberry bushes, and Major Major never set eyes on him again.

From Literature