wineberry n 1: raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown for ornament and for the small red acid fruits [syn: {wineberry}, {Rubus phoenicolasius}] 2: graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine [syn: {makomako}, {New Zealand wine berry}, {wineberry}, {Aristotelia serrata}, {Aristotelia racemosa}]
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. [1913 Webster]