Meanings
plural wineberries
- The plant Rubus phoenicolasius, the Japanese wineberry.
- The tree Aristotelia serrata, endemic to New Zealand, with broad rose-coloured leaves.
- Its edible fruit, a small black berry.
- UKobsoleteThe red currant.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounraspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown for ornament and for the small red acid fruits
noungraceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*weh₁y-?
- Proto-Indo-European*wéyh₁ō
- Proto-Italic*wīnom
- Latinvīnum
- Proto-Germanic*wīną
- Proto-Germanic*bazją
- Proto-Germanic*wīnabazją
- Proto-West Germanic*wīnabaʀi
- Old Englishwīnberġe
- Middle Englishwynberie
- Englishwineberry
From Middle English wynberie, wynberie (“a grape or some other kind of berry”), from Old English wīnberġe (“grape”, literally “wine-berry”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīnabaʀi, from Proto-Germanic *wīnabasją (“wineberry; grape”), equivalent to wine + berry. Doublet of whimberry (“bilberry”). Cognate with Dutch wijnbeer, West Frisian wynbei (“grape”), wiemer (“currant”), German Weinbeere (“grape”), Swedish vinbär (“currant”), Icelandic vínber (“grape”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌹 (weinabasi, “grape”).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
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Czech ostružiník japonský
- ostružiník japonskýJapanese wineberry
Dutch Japanse wijnbes
- Japanse wijnbesJapanese wineberry
Finnish Japaninvatukka
- JapaninvatukkaJapanese wineberry
French framboisier du Japon
- framboisier du JaponJapanese wineberry
German japanische Weinbeere, rotborstige Himbeere
- japanische WeinbeereJapanese wineberry
- rotborstige HimbeereJapanese wineberry
Italian uva giapponese
- uva giapponeseJapanese wineberry
Māori makomako
- makomakoJapanese wineberry
Russian малина пурпурноплодная, малина японская
- малина пурпурноплодная (malina purpurnoplodnaja)Japanese wineberry
- малина японская (malina japonskaja)Japanese wineberry
Spanish uva del Japón
- uva del JapónJapanese wineberry
Swedish vinhallon
- vinhallonJapanese wineberry
Cite this entry
wineberry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wineberry
“wineberry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wineberry. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wineberry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wineberry.
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