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☆ boy·sen·berry (bo̵i′zən ber′ē, bo̵i′sən-)

noun pl. boysenberries -·ries

a large berry, dark red or almost black when ripe, which is a cross of varieties of raspberry, loganberry, and blackberry

Etymology: after Rudolph Boysen, U.S. horticulturist who developed it (c. 1935)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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