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salmonberry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables
salmonber-ry
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bush, Rubus spectabilis, found on the Pacific coast of North America.

noun

The fruit from this bush, similar in appearance and texture to the blackberry and raspberry.

Etymology

From salmon + berry, since they were traditionally eaten with salmon by indigenous peoples.

Inflected Forms

salmonberries (plural)

Synonyms

rubus spectabilis salmon berry thimbleberry rubus parviflorus cloudberry dwarf mulberry bakeapple baked-apple berry rubus chamaemorus

Questions

What does salmonberry mean?
A bush, Rubus spectabilis, found on the Pacific coast of North America.
Where does salmonberry come from?
From salmon + berry, since they were traditionally eaten with salmon by indigenous peoples.

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