rubus canadensis

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Rubus canadensis
    n 1: North American dewberry [syn: {American dewberry}, {Rubus
         canadensis}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Dewberry \Dew"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
   (a) The fruit of certain species of bramble ({Rubus}); in
       England, the fruit of {Rubus c[ae]sius}, which has a
       glaucous bloom; in America, that of {Rubus canadensis}
       and {Rubus hispidus}, species of low blackberries.
   (b) The plant which bears the fruit.
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             Feed him with apricots and dewberries. --Shak.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Blackberry \Black"ber*ry\ (bl[a^]k"b[e^]r*r[y^]), n. [OE.
   blakberye, AS. bl[ae]cberie; bl[ae]c black + berie berry.]
   The fruit of several species of bramble ({Rubus}); also, the
   plant itself. {Rubus fruticosus} is the blackberry of
   England; {Rubus villosus} and {Rubus Canadensis} are the high
   blackberry and low blackberry of the United States. There are
   also other kinds.
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