Definition of tayberry in English:
tayberry
nounPlural tayberries ˈteɪb(ə)ri
A dark red soft fruit produced by crossing a blackberry and a raspberry.
Example sentencesExamples
- Uncooked tayberries are great in fruit salads and tarts.
- Add the lemon juice and pour through a sieve into six tall, elegant glasses with five or six tayberries, raspberries, brambles or strawberries in each.
- You could also add raspberries, loganberries, blueberries, tayberries and blackberries.
- Blackberries and raspberries are often crossed to give varieties such as the loganberry and tayberry.
- There was a short-lived fashion for Worcesterberries about ten years ago when they were unconvincingly touted as a rival for brambles or tayberries.
Origin
Named after the River Tay in Scotland, near where it was introduced in 1977.