cloudberry

cloudberry
/klowd"ber'ee, -beuh ree/, n., pl. 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. Also called bake apple.
[1590-1600; CLOUD + BERRY]

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▪ plant
also called  Salmonberry, Yellowberry, Bakeberry, Malka, or Baked Apple Berry 

      (species Rubus chamaemorus), creeping herbaceous plant, native to the Arctic and subarctic regions of the north temperate zone, and its edible, aggregate fruit resembling structurally the raspberry. The yellow or amber-coloured berry grows from a 2.5-centimetre (1-inch) white flower on a creeping rootlike stem, or rhizome. The stalks grow to a height of 7.6–25 cm (3–10 inches).

      Eskimos and Sami collect the sweet, juicy berries in autumn to freeze for winter food. In markets of northern Scandinavia, cloudberries are sold for use in preserves, tarts, and other confections. They are also made into a liqueur.

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Synonyms:
, (Rubus chamaemorus)


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  • cloudberry — [kloud′ber΄ē] n. pl. cloudberries a northern wild raspberry (Rubus chamaemorus) with large, orange fruit …   English World dictionary

  • Cloudberry — Taxobox name = Cloudberry image width = 240px image caption = From Bilder ur Nordens Flora (1917 1926) regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Rosales familia = Rosaceae genus = Rubus species = R. chamaemorus… …   Wikipedia

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  • cloudberry — noun Date: 1597 a creeping herbaceous raspberry (Rubus chamaemorus) of north temperate regions; also its pale amber colored edible fruit …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • cloudberry — noun a) A species of slow growing bramble. b) The fruit of these plants. Syn: bakeapple …   Wiktionary

  • cloudberry — n. orange yellowish fruit of the creeping raspberry; creeping raspberry plant native to northern regions of North America and Eurasia …   English contemporary dictionary

  • cloudberry — noun (plural cloudberries) a dwarf bramble with white flowers and edible orange fruit, growing on high, open land. [Rubus chamaemorus.] Origin C16: appar. from cloud in the obs. sense hill + berry …   English new terms dictionary

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  • cloudberry — cloud•ber•ry [[t]ˈklaʊdˌbɛr i, bə ri[/t]] n. pl. ries pln an orange yellow raspberry, Rubus chamaemorus, of northern regions • Etymology: 1590–1600 …   From formal English to slang

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