dewberry

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

/ ˈduˌbɛr i, -bə ri, ˈdyu- /

(in North America) the fruit of any of several trailing blackberries of the genus Rubus.

(in England) the fruit of a bramble, Rubus caesius.

a plant bearing either fruit.

Origin of dewberry

First recorded in 1570–80; dew + berry

Dewberry (Rubus cœsius), a European plant belonging to the ord.

The New Gresham Encyclopedia |Various
I know not what this Mr. Dewberry said to Mr. Probus, but certain I am that they will not try that plan any more.'

The Orange Girl |Walter Besant
Heaven, as translated at the moment, was the summit of a mountain ten times as high as Dewberry Knob.

The Duck-footed Hound |James Arthur Kjelgaard
First I communicated our design to Mr. Dewberry, the attorney, who entirely approved of it.

The Orange Girl |Walter Besant

Bread and honey and little strawberries were their morning fare, and in the evening they had seed-cake and dewberry wine.

The Happy Hypocrite |Max Beerbohm

dewberry

/ (ˈdjuːbərɪ, -brɪ) /

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

the fruit of any such plant