roebuckberryn.
/ˈrəʊbʌkb(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈroʊbəkˌbɛri/, Scottish English /ˈrobʌkb(ə)rɪ/ Scottish and English regional (northern).
The fruit of a herbaceous species of Rubus, esp. that of the stone bramble, R. saxatilis. Also: the plant producing this fruit.
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dewberry1578
Norway berry1674
roebuckberry1771
loganberry1893
veitchberry1913
Young dewberry1925
youngberry1927
boysenberry1935
marionberry1987
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roebuckberry1771
swamp blackberry1854
loganberry1893
swamp dewberry1924
1771 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1769 274 It [sc. the roebuck] feeds during summer on grass, and is remarkably fond of the Rubus Saxatilis, called in the Highland on that account the Roebuck Berry.
1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XV. 25 Wild fruits are here in great abundance, such as..Roebuck-berries, and strawberries.
1882 Garden 28 Jan. 57/3 Of the British species not hitherto mentioned..the Roebuck-berry is Rubus saxatilis.
1918 W. E. Fitch Dietotherapy I. 500 The roebuck berry is an edible fruit found in Great Britain, but more abundantly in Russia.
1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 452/2 Stone bramble is roebuck-berry. It is sufficiently familiar to be a clan badge.
2008 A. H. Griffin High Places 60 The same plant [sc. cloudberry] is known in Scotland as the knowtberry and in some districts, I believe, as the roebuckberry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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