Crossword clues for boysenberry
The Collaborative International Dictionary
boysenberry \boysenberry\ n.
a cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a raspberrylike flavor.
a large raspberry-flavored bramble fruit; a cross between blackberries and raspberries. [WordNet 1.5] ||
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1935, developed early 1900s by California botanist Rudolf Boysen (1895-1950) and named for him.
Wiktionary
n. A hybrid berry created from crossing blackberry, red raspberry, and loganberry.
WordNet
n. cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberries [syn: boysenberry bush]
large raspberry-flavored fruit; cross between blackberries and raspberries
Wikipedia
The boysenberry is a cross among the European Raspberry ( Rubus idaeus), a European blackberry ( Rubus fruticosus), an American dewberry ( Rubus aboriginum) and the Loganberry ( Rubus × loganobaccus).
It is a large aggregate fruit, with large seeds and a deep maroon color, which changes to the typical boysenberry color when the fruit is cooked and made into jam and pie.
Usage examples of "boysenberry".
Jack Boysenberry zipped up quickly and self-consciously and looked around at the sound of the gnarly, piping voice.
Arnie Boysenberry got up, left the office and moped down the steps to his office on the next floor.
Salisbury steak, steamed green beans, whipped potatoes from a mix, enriched white bread, beer in the can, and boysenberry Jell-O for dessert.
But one evening, not long after the boysenberry ripple offensive, he became curious about his pockets.
And after Sunny moved aside three chunks of cold cheese, a large can of water chestnuts, and an eggplant as big as herself, she finally found a small jar of boysenberry jam, and a loaf of bread she could use to make toast, although it was so cold it felt more like a log than a breakfast ingredient.
Meanwhile, the youngest Baudelaire had put the chilled bread underneath her shirt to warm it up, and when it was warm enough to eat she put one slice on each plate, and using a small spoon, spread some boysenberry jam on each piece of bread.
Enderby went out, past the girl and women typists, and took the stairs down to the greenroom, where he gave himself lunch from the vending machine -- yoghurt with boysenberries and coffee that went on wasting itself on the sugar-encrusted grill beneath.
Thomas had whipped up a simple meal: cheese fondue, venison broth with noodles, fish poached in wine, and crepes with boysenberry jam.