[syn: makomako, New Zealand wine berry, wineberry, Aristotelia serrata, Aristotelia racemosa]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wineberry \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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wineberry
n 1: raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown
for ornament and for the small red acid fruits [syn:
wineberry, 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, wineberry, Aristotelia serrata, Aristotelia
racemosa]