Crawberry

/ˈkrɔːbɛri/ noun

Definition

A North American plant or its berry; another name for the cloudberry or similar creeping berry-producing plants.

Etymology

Possibly from Scandinavian languages (Swedish 'hjortron') through English dialect, with 'craw' (meaning crop or stomach, from Old English) combined with 'berry.' The etymology is uncertain, but it describes berries that grow in low creeping patches.

Kelly Says

The 'crawberry' is so obscure that linguists are still debating its exact origins—it might be a corruption of Old Norse, or it might be pure English dialect that survived in remote regions!

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