Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nessberry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ness-ber-ry
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cross between a dewberry and a red raspberry.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of nessberry.

Example Sentences

"Among 442 seedlings obtained by crossing Nessberries with other varieties there were some which did not possess the objectionable adherent calyx."
"Resembling the loganberry of the West, the new fruit is a cross between raspberries and blackberries. It was developed because other hybrids of the berry family, such as loganberries and Nessberries, do not survive in the Northeast."
"During this period he [Helge Ness] made two outstanding and historic contributions to Texas horticulture. One was the pioneering work in crossing dewberries and raspberries to produce Nessberries."

Etymology

From Ness + berry, after the Norwegian-American botanist Helge Ness (1861–1928), who produced it in 1921.

Inflected Forms

nessberries (plural)

Questions

What does nessberry mean?: A cross between a dewberry and a red raspberry.
Where does nessberry come from?: From Ness + berry, after the Norwegian-American botanist Helge Ness (1861–1928), who produced it in 1921.

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