vineberry

English

Alternative forms

• vine-berry

Etymology

From vine +‎ berry. Compare English wineberry.

Noun

vineberry (plural vineberries)

1. a berry that grows on a vine, especially a cranberry or grape
   • 2010, Heather Ranier, Tales of the Goddessi:

     She found her hands crushed under the coiled cords and she poked her fingers between two, watching them grow red and then purple as overripe vineberries.

   • 2016, Robert Bevan-Jones, The Ancient Yew:

     […] and in the second place, that the arches at least, of that venerable historic edifice were festooned with clusters of the ripe vine-berry, carved from ancient yew, and apparently coloured to imitate the natural grapes, probably some part of a more ancient roof of the church itself.

See also

• bearberry