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]