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vineberry

vineberry noun: a berry that grows on a vine, especially a cranberry or grape.

Noun

vineberry (plural vineberries)

  1. a berry that grows on a vine, especially a cranberry or grape
    • She found her hands crushed under the coiled cords and she poked her fingers between two, watching them grow red and then purple as overripe vineberries.2010, Heather Ranier, Tales of the Goddessi
    • […] and in the second place, that the arches at least, of that venerable historic edifice were festooned with clusters of the ripe vine-berry, carved from ancient yew, and apparently coloured to imitate the natural grapes, probably some part of a more ancient roof of the church itself.2016, Robert Bevan-Jones, The Ancient Yew

Forms of vineberry

pluralvineberries
alternative formvine-berry

Origin of vineberry

From vine + berry. Compare English wineberry.

Questions about vineberry

What does vineberry mean?
Vineberry means a berry that grows on a vine, especially a cranberry or grape.
What part of speech is vineberry?
Vineberry is a noun.
What is the plural of vineberry?
The plural of vineberry is vineberries.

Words near vineberry in the dictionary

  1. vine-staffs
  2. vine-staves
  3. vine-tree
  4. vineal
  5. vineberries
  6. vineberry
  7. vined
  8. vinedom
  9. vinedresser
  10. vinedressers
  11. Vineet

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