cloudberry

[ kloud-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]

noun

, plural cloud·ber·ries.

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.

cloudberry

/ -brɪ; ˈklaʊdbərɪ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cloudberry¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; cloud + berry

Example Sentences

The snowy Swedish region of Sälen has welcoming cabins deep in the forest, trails for every level of skier and cloudberries everywhere.

From New York Times

The dining area is a series of wooden tables and benches, a counter and a small chalkboard menu: waffles with homemade strawberry jam, waffles with homemade blueberry jam, and waffles with homemade cloudberry jam.

From New York Times

Henry heads straight for the grill while Pia collects cloudberries and prepares mocktails inspired by their natural surroundings.

From Salon

Russia covers almost seven million square miles of territory, most of it frozen year-round, and much of the soil yielding little except cloudberries, lingonberries and the odd mammoth tusk poking out of the thawing ground.

From New York Times

Southwards, the coast yields to low stands of dwarf birch and willow, sphagnum bogs of arctic cotton grass, pitcher plants, blueberries, lingonberries, and cloudberries.

From Scientific American