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wildberry en · NOUN

Etymology

From wild + berry.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A combination of wild cherries and strawberries, raspberries, blackberries or other berries. Used in ice cream and other food products, as well as in cosmetics.
    • wildberry flavor (Popsicle Water Ice) 1992, Corinne T. Netzer, The Corinne T. Netzer 1992 Calorie Counter, page 72:
    • Wildberry Smoothie Large, 24 fl. oz. 2009, Alex A. Lluch, The Complete Calorie Fat & Carb Counter, page 53:
    • Spoon 2 tablespoons of the wildberry gelatin mixture into each of the cups of orange gelatin mixture. 2003, W. Park Kerr, Viva Margarita, page 31:
  2. (countable) Any undomesticated species of berry that is found in the wild, often one that is edible and cultivated on a small scale; a wild berry. Wildberries tend to be smaller than the related domesticated varieties.
    • You've never picked wildberries there, have you? 1992, Vera Morris, Hansel and Gretel, page 9:
    • An estimation of the wildberry crop surplus due to bees' pollination is very difficult. 1969, International Apicultural Congress, page 434:
    • suitability interpretations for understory plant communities: high wildberry abundance, moderate willow abundance and high cottonwood abundance 1998, Kenai River Crossing: Environmental Impact Statement, Volume 1, page 58:
    • In the case of wildberries, we estimated for each secondary sampling unit the total biomass of edible ripened fruits. 2002, Écoscience, page 47:

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Hyponyms

triple berry (mixture of berries)

Relateds

bumbleberry · razzleberry