youngberry

(yuŋber′ē)

noun pl. youngberries

  1. a large, sweet, dark-purple berry, a cross between a blackberry and a dewberry
  2. the trailing bramble bearing this fruit

Origin: after B. M. Young, 19th-c. U.S. horticulturist

See youngberry in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A trailing, prickly hybrid between a blackberry and a dewberry (Rubus ursinus cv. Young) of the rose family, cultivated in the western United States.
  2. The edible, dark red berry of this plant.

Origin:

Origin: After B.M. Young (fl. 1905), American fruit grower

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