Meanings
plural vineberries · alternative vine-berry
- a berry that grows on a vine, especially a cranberry or grape
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.
2010, Heather Ranier, Tales of the Goddessi1 more example
[…] 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.
2016, Robert Bevan-Jones, The Ancient Yew
Origin
From vine + berry. Compare English wineberry.
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