wineberry

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English wynberie, wynberie (“a grape or some other kind of berry”), from Old English wīnberġe (“grape”, literally “wine-berry”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīnabaʀi, from Proto-Germanic *wīnabasją (“wineberry; grape”), equivalent to wine +‎ berry. Doublet of whimberry (“bilberry”). Cognate with Dutch wijnbeer, West Frisian wynbei (“grape”), wiemer (“currant”), German Weinbeere (“grape”), Swedish vinbär (“currant”), Icelandic vínber (“grape”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌹 (weinabasi, “grape”). === Noun === wineberry (plural wineberries) (obsolete, possibly poetic) The grape (fruit of plants of the genus Vitis). The plant Rubus phoenicolasius, the Japanese wineberry. Its edible fruit, resembling a raspberry. The tree Aristotelia serrata, endemic to New Zealand, with broad rose-coloured leaves. Its edible fruit, a small black berry. (UK, obsolete) The red currant. ==== Translations ====