bramberry

English

Etymology

From Middle English bramber, brember, from Old English brēmber, from Proto-West Germanic *brāmabaʀi. Doublet of framboise. Cognate with German Brombeere. Related with bramble, brambleberry.

Noun

bramberry (plural bramberries)

  1. (chiefly dialectal) brambleberry
    • 2010, Kjell Nilsson, Marcus Sangster, Christos Gallis, Forests, Trees and Human Health:
      Ellagic acid is the most abundant phenolic compound in cloudberry and red bramberry (Häkkinen et al. 1999). In red berries the major flavonol group present is the anthocyanins.
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