crowberry
Empetrum; a small genus of dwarf evergreen shrubs that bear edible fruitEmpetrum; a small genus of dwarf evergreen shrubs that bear edible fruit.
» Crowberry is a low growing, evergreen shrub.
Meaning
3 sensesEmpetrum; a small genus of dwarf evergreen shrubs that bear edible fruit.
Krähenbeere
ворони́каvoroníka, водяни́каvodjaníka, ши́кшаšíkša
a low evergreen shrub with small purple flowers and black berrylike fruit
Empetrum; a small genus of dwarf evergreen shrubs that bear edible fruit.
Empetrum nigrum; a species of crowberry.
A fruit of this plant.
Krähenbeere
ворони́каvoroníka, водяни́каvodjaníka
Examples
1 sentencesCrowberry is a low growing, evergreen shrub.
Translations
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Origin
From crow + berry; probably a calque of German Krähenbeere. Apparently so-called due to biFrom crow + berry; probably a calque of German Krähenbeere. Apparently so-called due to birds' fondness for the fruit. Yet the dark color (compare Old Norse blár (“blue-black, like a raven's sheen”)) may be the main or another factor; compare Inuktitut paurngaq (“crowberry”) (allegedly meaning "which looks like soot").
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Forms
plural: crowberries| Singular | crowberry |
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| Plural | crowberries |
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