bramberry

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noun

brambleberry

OriginMiddle English bramber ← Old English brēmber ← Proto-West Germanic *brāmabaʀi →
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Meanings

nounbramberry (plural bramberries)

plural bramberries

  1. dialectalbrambleberry

    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.

    2010, Kjell Nilsson, Marcus Sangster, Christos Gallis, Forests, Trees and Human Health

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*brāmabaʀi
  2. Old Englishbrēmber
  3. Middle Englishbramber
  4. Englishbramberry

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

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APA

bramberry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bramberry

MLA

“bramberry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bramberry. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bramberry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bramberry.

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