wineberry

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Letters: 9

Definition of wineberry

6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(obsolete, poetic, possibly)The grape (fruit of plants of the genus Vitis).

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noun

(obsolete, poetic, possibly)The grape (fruit of plants of the genus Vitis).
The plant Rubus phoenicolasius, the Japanese wineberry.
The plant Rubus phoenicolasius, the Japanese wineberry.
The tree Aristotelia serrata, endemic to New Zealand, with broad rose-coloured leaves.
The tree Aristotelia serrata, endemic to New Zealand, with broad rose-coloured leaves.
(UK, obsolete)The red currant.

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-? Proto-Indo-European *-ō? Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ō Proto-Italic *wīnom Latin vīnumbor. Proto-Germanic *wīną Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-Germanic *wīnabazją Proto-West Germanic *wīnabaʀi Old English wīnberġe Middle English wynberie English wineberry From Middle English wynberie, wynberie (“a grape or some other kind of berry”), from Old English wīnberġe (“grape”, literally “wine-berry”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīnabaʀi, from Proto-Germanic *wīnabasją (“wineberry; grape”), equivalent to wine + berry. Doublet of whimberry (“bilberry”). Cognate with Dutch wijnbeer, West Frisian wynbei (“grape”), wiemer (“currant”), German Weinbeere (“grape”), Swedish vinbär (“currant”), Icelandic vínber (“grape”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌹 (weinabasi, “grape”).

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