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nagoonberry en · NOUN

Etymology

From Tlingit neigóon.

Meanings

1. Synonym of arctic raspberry.
   • The loss of the nagoonberry population is distinctive since it means the loss of the only known occrnrence within the Bighorn Mountains. 1995, Bighorn National Forest (N.F.), Tie Hack Dam and Reservoir: Draft Environmental Impact Statement:
   • Nagoonberry's pink flowers develop into sweet, red fruit in late July and August. 1994, Priscilla N. Russell, Ninilchik Plantlore:
   • When the smokejumpers had at last battled it to a standstill, 125,000 square acres of interior Alaskan scrub spruce, white spruce, paper birch, quaking aspen and balsam poplar had been laid waste, not to mention -- and what Kate grudged more -- countless lowbush and highbush cranberry, raspberry, salmonberry, lingonberry and nagoonberry stands. 1995, Dana Stabenow, Play with Fire, →ISBN, page 6:

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Synonyms

arctic raspberry