pembina

noun

1. Squashberry, lowbush cranberry (Viburnum edule).
2. One of the edible berries of this plant, from which jam may be produced.

   “And so, from that time, whenever a woman went out to gather June berries or wild cherries, or raspberries, or wild plums or pembinas or tipsin, or wild rice; or to their cultivated fields to gather corn or beans, she was not obliged to carry the load home.”

3. A member of the Pembina Band of Chippewa Indians, a historical band of Chippewa (Ojibwe), originally living along the Red River of the North and its tributaries.

name

1. A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
2. A rural municipality (the Municipality of Pembina) in south Manitoba, Canada.
3. A township in Mahnomen County, Minnesota, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Christian County, Missouri, United States.
5. A minor city in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States, near the Canadian border.
6. A river in Alberta, Canada.
7. A river in Manitoba, Canada, and North Dakota, USA.