The fruit of certain species of bramble (Rubus); in England, the fruit of Rubus caesius, which has a glaucous bloom; in America, that of Rubus canadensis and Rubus hispidus, species of low blackberries.
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The plant which bears the fruit. "Feed him with apricots and dewberries."
... bushes of ling and the bell-heather, all bursting into bloom, past groups of primeval firs and seedling beeches, self-sown, over little hillocks and hollows formed of rocks or big old roots of trees covered with the close glittering green foliage and dark blue clusters of the dewberry, with the hum of bees filling the air, the twittering of the birds, the sound of the church bells—nothing more like the heart of summer, more peaceful, genial, happy than that brooding calm of nature amid all the ... — The Marriage of Elinor • Margaret Oliphant Read full book for free!