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garnetberry

noun

Etymology

From garnet + berry, from its color.

  1. derived from *bʰerH-✻ — “to rip, cut, split, grate”
  2. inherited from *barjaną✻ — “to beat, hit”
  3. inherited from *barjan✻
  4. inherited from *berian✻
  5. inherited from beryen
  6. compounded as garnetberry — “garnet + berry”

Definitions

  1. The red currant.

    • I emptied my tobacco can and boiled in it some blackberries that I gathered, and garnetberries that I found nearby; and this I fed him, till his strength returned to him.

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