cloudberry

American  

[kloud-ber-ee, -buh-ree] / ˈklaʊdˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

noun

plural

cloudberries

1. the orange-yellow edible fruit of a creeping plant, Rubus chamaemorus, of the rose family, related to the raspberries and blackberries and restricted to northern regions.

2. the plant itself.

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cloudberry British  

/ -brɪ, ˈklaʊdbərɪ /

noun

1. a creeping Eurasian herbaceous rosaceous plant, Rubus chamaemorus, with white flowers and orange berry-like fruits (drupelets)

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Etymology

Origin of cloudberry

First recorded in 1590–1600; cloud + berry

Example Sentences

Torched dessert cracks like ice, crème brûlée with salted caramel mousse and cloudberry compote, fire and frost in one spoonful.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

Some of my most successful table spreads have included cloudberry jam from Norway, hot sauce from Belize, Japanese matcha, paprika chips from Spain, Portuguese sardines and dukkah, an Egyptian spice mix.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

In the morning, congratulating myself on not having used the emergency phone, I breakfasted on cloudberry doughnuts and homemade dried reindeer.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 22, 2019

The cloudberry harvest was down because it was too hot for the alpine fruit.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2018

Poor old grand-dad thed at cloudberry time, and Uncle Onk b inefficient We were looking for somebody to follow.’

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White