Definition of dogberry
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1
: any of certain small fruits usually considered inferior or unfit for human consumption (as the chokeberry, prickly wild gooseberry, certain rose hips, or the fruit of the mountain ash)
especially
: the fruit of the red dogwood
2
: any plant (as certain dogwoods, mountain ash, or yellow clintonia) that bears dogberries
Dogberry
noun (2)
Dog·ber·ry
| \ ˈdȯgˌberē sometimes ˈdäg- \
plural Dogberrys
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“Dogberry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dogberry. Accessed 29 Jun. 2022.
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The first known use of dogberry was in 1676
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