Wine·ber·ry n. Bot. (a) The red currant. (b) The bilberry. (c) A peculiar New Zealand shrub (Coriaria ruscifolia), in which the petals ripen and afford an abundant purple juice from which a kind of wine is made. The plant also grows in Chili.
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wineberry
n 1: raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown
for ornament and for the small red acid fruits [syn: Rubus
phoenicolasius]
2: graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive
foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity
and are used for making wine [syn: makomako, New
Zealand wine berry, Aristotelia serrata, Aristotelia
racemosa]