earthberry
earthberry noun: a berry whose fruit lies upon the ground, in particular the strawberry (plant and fruit).
Noun
earthberry (plural earthberries)
- A berry whose fruit lies upon the ground, in particular the strawberry (plant and fruit)
- The berries of the islands are sweet black currants, cranberries or goosh, strawberries and earthberries, together with the diddy, mountain, and malvina berries common to the Falkland Islands.1869 July 1, Thomas Bridges, “Fireland and its people”, in The South American Missionary Magazine, volume III, page 114
- One time, the poor man had had no bread in the cupboard for a whole week, and the family lived on roots and stewed earthberries.1882, Jeremiah Curtin, “The Round Stone (A Hungarian Folk-story)”, in St. Nicholas, volume 9
Forms of earthberry
| plural | earthberries |
|---|---|
| alternative form | earth-berry |
Origin of earthberry
From earth + berry. First attested in the 1800s, mostly in texts about or translated from German or other languages which use similar terms, of which it is likely a calque: German Erdbeere, Dutch aardbei, Danish jordbær, etc. Compare Old English eorþberġe (“strawberry”, literally “earthberry”). Also compare Polish poziomka, Russian земляни́ка (zemljaníka) (related to земля́ (zemljá)).
Questions about earthberry
- What does earthberry mean?
- Earthberry means a berry whose fruit lies upon the ground, in particular the strawberry (plant and fruit).
- What part of speech is earthberry?
- Earthberry is a noun.
- What is the plural of earthberry?
- The plural of earthberry is earthberries.
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