dewberry

/ˌduˈbɛri/

Other forms: dewberries

Definitions of dewberry

1. noun

   any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America
   synonyms: dewberry bush, running blackberry

   types:

   American dewberry, Rubus canadensis

   North American dewberry

   American dewberry, Northern dewberry, Rubus flagellaris

   of eastern North America

   Rubus trivialis, Southern dewberry

   of southern North America

   Rubus hispidus, swamp blackberry, swamp dewberry

   of eastern North America

   European dewberry, Rubus caesius

   creeping European bramble bearing dewberries

   type of:

   blackberry, blackberry bush

   bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle
2. noun

   blackberry-like fruits of any of several trailing blackberry bushes
   type of:

   berry

   any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves