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crowberry

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Etymology

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From crow +‎ berry. Apparently so-called due to birds' fondness for the fruit. Yet the dark color (compare Old Norse blár (blue-black, like a raven's sheen)) may be the main or another factor; compare Inuktitut paurngaq (crowberry) (allegedly meaning "which looks like soot").

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Noun

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crowberry (plural crowberries)

  1. Empetrum; a small genus of dwarf evergreen shrubs that bear edible fruit.
    1. Empetrum nigrum; a species of crowberry.
      Synonym: mossberry
  2. A fruit of this plant.

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