dewberry

dewberry
/dooh"ber'ee, -beuh ree, dyooh"-/, n., pl. dewberries.
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.
[1570-80; DEW + BERRY]

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Any blackberry (genus Rubus) that is so lacking in woody fibre in the stems that it trails along the ground.

In the eastern and southern U.S., several trailing native species of Rubus, especially R. flagellaris, R. baileyanus, R. hispidus, R. enslenii, and R. trivialis, produce excellent fruits. Some varieties, especially Lucretia, are cultivated.

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      any blackberry of the genus Rubus (family Rosaceae) so lacking woody fibre in the stems that it trails along the ground. In the eastern and southern United States, several trailing native species of Rubus, especially R. flagellaris, R. baileyanus, R. hispidus, R. enslenii, and R. trivialis, produce excellent fruits. Some varieties, especially Lucretia, are cultivated. See also blackberry.

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