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Noun: wineberry  'wIn,be-ree
  1. Raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown for ornament and for the small red acid fruits
    "Wineberries escaped from gardens had naturalized throughout the region";
    - Rubus phoenicolasius
     
  2. Graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity
    "wineberry berries are used to make wine in New Zealand";
    - makomako, New Zealand wine berry, Aristotelia serrata, Aristotelia racemosa, mako

Derived forms: wineberries

Type of: bush, raspberry, raspberry bush, shrub

Part of: Aristotelia, genus Aristotelia

Encyclopedia: Wineberry