bramberry

English

Etymology

From Middle English bramber, brember, from Old English brēmber, from Proto-West Germanic *brāmabaʀi. Doublet of frambesia and framboise. Cognate with German Brombeere. Related with bramble, brambleberry.

Noun

bramberry (plural bramberries)

1. (chiefly dialectal) brambleberry
   • 2010, Kjell Nilsson, Marcus Sangster, Christos Gallis, Forests, Trees and Human Health:

     Ellagic acid is the most abundant phenolic compound in cloudberry and red bramberry (Häkkinen et al. 1999). In red berries the major flavonol group present is the anthocyanins.