wineberry : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: wineberry	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for wineberry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wineberry n raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown for ornament and for the small red acid fruits Synonym(s): wineberry, Rubus phoenicolasius graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine Synonym(s): makomako, New Zealand wine berry, wineberry, Aristotelia serrata, Aristotelia racemosa
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wineberry \Wine"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) (a) The red currant. (b) The bilberry. (c) A peculiar New Zealand shrub ({Coriaria ruscifolia}), in which the petals ripen and afford an abundant purple juice from which a kind of wine is made. The plant also grows in Chili.