Appleberry

/ˈæpəlˌbɛri/ noun

An Australian shrub producing edible dark berries that somewhat resemble small apples in flavor.

Compound of apple + berry, combining the familiar English apple with berry. Named descriptively because the fruit has some apple-like characteristics, a common pattern in colonial plant naming.

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