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crowberry

/kroh-ber-ee, -buh-ree/US // ˈkroʊˌbɛr i, -bə ri //UK // (ˈkrəʊbərɪ, -brɪ) //

红莓,红梅,红果,红莓果

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural crow·ber·ries.

    • : the black or reddish berry of a heathlike, evergreen shrub, Empetrum nigrum, of northern regions.
    • : the plant itself.
    • : any of certain other fruits or the plants bearing similar berries, as the bearberry.

Examples

  • Bishop John taught the people to prepare wine from the crowberry (krkiberium), as he himself had been instructed by King Sverrer.

  • Galway, from a caterpillar found at a bog in the vicinity, where crowberry grows abundantly.

  • The crowberry is very abundant about Fort Churchill and northward.

  • They seemed to be feeding to some extent on the patches of crowberry and dwarf birch.