bakeapple
bakeapple · bakeapples
The cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorusThe cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus
Meaning
1 senses(Atlantic Canada)The cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus
More definitions
- creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries
Origin
Probably bake + apple, influenced by bake in composite words, as suggested by the Oxford EProbably bake + apple, influenced by bake in composite words, as suggested by the Oxford English Dictionary. An apparent folk etymology is French baie, qu'appelle which roughly translates as "what's the name of that berry".
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Forms
plural: bakeapplesSynonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries:cloudberrydwarf mulberrybaked-apple berrysalmonberryRubus chamaemorus