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crowberry family — crow′berry fam ily n. pln a family, Empetraceae, of heathlike evergreen shrubs, of N regions, having black to red berries … From formal English to slang
crowberry — [krō′ber΄ē] adj. [prob. transl. of Ger krähenbeere] designating a family (Empetraceae, order Ericales) of dicotyledonous shrubby evergreens n. pl. crowberries 1. any of several hardy, low, evergreen shrubs (genus Empetrum) of the crowberry family … English World dictionary
crowberry — crow•ber•ry [[t]ˈkroʊˌbɛr i, bə ri[/t]] n. pl. ries 1) pln a low evergreen shrub, Empetrum nigrum, of the crowberry family, bearing an edible black berry 2) pln the berry itself • Etymology: 1590–1600 … From formal English to slang
family Empetraceae — noun heathlike shrubs • Syn: ↑Empetraceae, ↑crowberry family • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • Member Holonyms: ↑Sapindales, ↑order Sapindales … Useful english dictionary
Crowberry — For other shrubs of the same name, see Bearberry. Crowberry Empetrum nigrum Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
crowberry — noun Date: 1597 1. an evergreen subshrub (Empetrum nigrum of the family Empetraceae) of subtemperate regions with an inedible tasteless black berry 2. the fruit of a crowberry … New Collegiate Dictionary
crowberry — /kroh ber ee, beuh ree/, n., pl. crowberries. 1. the black or reddish berry of a heathlike, evergreen shrub, Empetrum nigrum, of northern regions. 2. the plant itself. 3. any of certain other fruits or the plants bearing similar berries, as the… … Universalium
crowberry — /ˈkroʊbɛri/ (say krohberee) noun (plural crowberries) 1. the insipid black or reddish berry of an evergreen heath like shrub, Empetrum nigrum, of northern regions. 2. the plant itself, of the family Empetraceae …
dicot family — noun family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination • Syn: ↑magnoliopsid family • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family, ↑hamamelid dicot family, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
magnoliopsid family — noun family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination • Syn: ↑dicot family • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family, ↑hamamelid dicot family, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
