crowberry

English

Etymology

From crow +‎ berry. Apparently so-called due to birds' fondness for the fruit. Yet the dark color (compare Old Norse blár (“blue-black, like a raven's sheen”)) may be the main or another factor; compare Inuktitut paurngaq (“crowberry”) (allegedly meaning "which looks like soot").

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹəʊbəɹɪ/

Noun

crowberry (plural crowberries)

1. Empetrum; a small genus of dwarf evergreen shrubs that bear edible fruit.
   1. Empetrum nigrum; a species of crowberry.

      Synonym: mossberry

2. A fruit of this plant.

Translations

the genus Empetrum

• Chukchi: ԓыгоонъыԓгын (ḷygoonʺyḷgyn)
• Danish: revling
• Faroese: berjalyngur m, berlyngur m
• Finnish: variksenmarja (fi)
• French: camarine (fr) f
• German: Krähenbeere f
• Ingrian: sikamarja
• Norwegian: krekling
• Old Norse: krækiber n
• Polish: bażyna (pl) f, bagnisko (pl) n (obsolete)
• Romanian: vuietoare (ro) f
• Russian: ворони́ка (ru) f (voroníka), водяни́ка (ru) f (vodjaníka), ши́кша f (šíkša)
• Swedish: kråkbär (sv) n

the species Empetrum nigrum

• Alutiiq: augyaq m
• Bulgarian: черен емпетрум m (čeren empetrum)
• Danish: almindelig revling, revling
• East Cree:

  Southern East Cree: ᐊᔅᒌᒥᓈᓐᐦ (asciiminaanh)

• Finnish: variksenmarja (fi)
• French: camarine noire (fr) f
• Norwegian: krekling
• Polish: bażyna czarna (pl) f
• Romanian: vuietoare (ro) f
• Sami:

  Skolt Sami: čuõ´mmjõš

• Swedish: kråkbär (sv) n

fruit

• Faroese: svartber n, svarber n
• Finnish: variksenmarja (fi)
• French: camarine (fr) f
• German: Krähenbeere f
• Icelandic: krækiber (is) n
• Montagnais: assimin
• Northern Sami: čáhppesmuorji
• Russian: ворони́ка (ru) f (voroníka), водяни́ка (ru) f (vodjaníka)
• Scottish Gaelic: dearc-fhìona f, dearc-fithich f
• Spanish: murtilla (es) f

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• Northern Sami: ^{(please verify)} čáhppesmuorji