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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wineberry  \Wine"ber`ry\,  n.  (Bot.) 
  a  The  red  currant. 
  b  The  bilberry. 
  c  A  peculiar  New  Zealand  shrub  ({Coriaria  ruscifolia}), 
  in  which  the  petals  ripen  and  afford  an  abundant 
  purple  juice  from  which  a  kind  of  wine  is  made  The 
  plant  also  grows  in  Chili. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wineberry 
  n  1:  raspberry  of  China  and  Japan  having  pale  pink  flowers  grown 
  for  ornament  and  for  the  small  red  acid  fruits  [syn:  {Rubus 
  phoenicolasius}] 
  2:  graceful  deciduous  shrub  or  small  tree  having  attractive 
  foliage  and  small  red  berries  that  turn  black  at  maturity 
  and  are  used  for  making  wine  [syn:  {makomako},  {New 
  Zealand  wine  berry},  {Aristotelia  serrata},  {Aristotelia 
  racemosa}] 




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