dewberry Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America
    dewberry bush; running blackberry.
  2. noun blackberry-like fruits of any of several trailing blackberry bushes

WordNet


Dew"ber`ry noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) (a) The fruit of certain species of bramble (Rubus); in England, the fruit of R. cæsius, which has a glaucous bloom; in America, that of R. canadensis and R. hispidus, species of low blackberries. (b) The plant which bears the fruit.
    Feed him with apricots and dewberries. Shak.

Webster 1913