bulberryn.
/ˈbʊlbəri/ U.S.
The fruit of the buffalo-bush; the buffalo-berry. Also attributive.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > soapberry or buffalo berry
buffalo-berry1805
bulberry1841
soapberry1904
soapolallie1937
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > soapberry
rabbit berry1804
buffalo-berry1805
bulberry1841
soapberry1904
1841 T. J. Farnham Trav. Great Western Prairies 121 A fruit called bullberry.
1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. X. 159 Bulberries, which resemble red currants, grow by the rivers [in Montana].
1888 Roosevelt in Cent. Mag. 36 45/2 A great patch of bulberry bushes.
1896 Advance (Chicago) 22 Oct. 541 The pretty growth of timber and bushes and the clumps of bulberry trees altogether made a landscape.
1946 E. B. Thompson Amer. Daughter 190 I..went bullberry-picking down in the sharp ravines.
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