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Definition of Dewberry bush
1. Noun. Any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America.
Exact synonyms: Dewberry, Running Blackberry
Group relationships: Genus Rubus, Rubus
Generic synonyms: Blackberry, Blackberry Bush
Specialized synonyms: American Dewberry, Rubus Canadensis, American Dewberry, Northern Dewberry, Rubus Flagellaris, Rubus Trivialis, Southern Dewberry, Rubus Hispidus, Swamp Blackberry, Swamp Dewberry, European Dewberry, Rubus Caesius
Group relationships: Genus Rubus, Rubus
Generic synonyms: Blackberry, Blackberry Bush
Specialized synonyms: American Dewberry, Rubus Canadensis, American Dewberry, Northern Dewberry, Rubus Flagellaris, Rubus Trivialis, Southern Dewberry, Rubus Hispidus, Swamp Blackberry, Swamp Dewberry, European Dewberry, Rubus Caesius
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dewberry Bush
Literary usage of Dewberry bush
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"... L.—Is generally so called in books and popular use. Lyte, &c.; Prior, p. 66.
In With. ed. ii. it is called Dewberry-bush. Hal. and Wr. assign the name ..."
2. Introduction to Agriculture: Practical Studies in Crop Production by Clarence Moores Weed, William E. Riley (1916)
"How can you tell a blackberry bush from a dewberry bush? Learn what varieties of
blackberries and dewberries are grown in your district. ..."
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