Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A prickly bramble of uncertain origin but ultimately derived from a western North American blackberry (Rubus ursinus).
- n. The edible, dark wine-red to nearly black fruit of this plant, having a taste suggestive of raspberries.
Wiktionary
- n. A hybrid berry created from crossing a blackberry, red raspberry and a loganberry.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a raspberrylike flavor.
- n. a large raspberry-flavored bramble fruit; a cross between blackberries and raspberries.
WordNet 3.0
- n. cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberries
- n. large raspberry-flavored fruit; cross between blackberries and raspberries
Etymologies
- Named after its creator Rudolf Boysen. (Wiktionary)
- After Rudolph Boysen (died 1950), American botanist. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“He still has 30ha in boysenberries, and sees the future in Asian markets with new products being launched in Japan such as boysenberry and vinegar breakfast drinks, boysenberry biscuits and boysenberry sweets.”
“What other courthouse in America sold candy apples and homemade boysenberry tarts?”
“It gives a full range of fruit flavors, in this case, black cherry, cassis and boysenberry, as well as tannins that are round while retaining their power.”
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“The vintage conditions also were difficult enough to produce a lot of wines with overt signs of overripeness - which not only produces undesirable aromatic and flavor combinations such as prunes, kirsch and boysenberry syrup, but also takes away from any expression of terroir and really muddies focus and precision on the palate.”
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“I made some boysenberry and fennel-infused chamomile tea and stepped outside on the fire escape.”
“I shall be Autumn this Halloween, with leaf draped skirt, and folds of boysenberry velvet wine flowing to the ground.”
“Any type of berry pie, strawberry, boysenberry are on the top of the list”
Apples & Leaves Pie Top Cutter and a Giveaway! | Baking Bites
“Probably boysenberry next, because noone really knows who boysen is and why they have a berry named after them.”
“In addition to preparing dosas for breakfast in the Indian style—accompanied by tomato, coconut or mint chutney—I sometimes drizzle them with very nontraditional maple or boysenberry syrup.”
“The Waffleman offers seven kinds of syrup, including boysenberry and pecan.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘boysenberry’.
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Berry Me Deep In Love
Different kinds of berries. In particular it's a list of those with -berry in the name, regardless of whether they are true berries or not. According to Schlockipedia, the botanical class of berrie...
cloudberry, juneberry, whortleberry, goldenberry, apple serviceberry, allegheny shadberry, loganberry, lingonberry, huckleberry, juniper berry, blackberry, mulberry and 74 more...
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Lord of the Pies
Pastry words anyone?
crust, starry gazey pie, oven, pan, apple, blueberry, rhubarb, key lime, pumpkin, dough, flour, cherpumple and 17 more...
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Jams, Jellies, and Preserves
I've thought of a few of the most common sorts. Additions sought.
traffic, door, toe, fish, wildlife, bean, strawberry, apricot, raspberry, blackberry, boysenberry, grape and 51 more...
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thekatespanos's list
pomposity, gaggle, scintilla, lemming, bilk, vanquish, conflate, plenary, verisimilitude, perspicacious, rattletrap, obdurate and 325 more...
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Spelling Bee list 2011
Abalone, ablution, absolution, aboriginally, abstemious, academician, acclamation, accommodation, acculturation, acetic, acetone, acme and 590 more...
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Food
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spaghetti, yogurt, muesli, rarebit, wheat, cream, cheese, pumpkin, custard, couscous, oats, sausage and 237 more...
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Mellifluous Words
farouche, charivari, rhadamanthine, amaranthine, mellifluous, serviette, luncheonette, vagrant, sorbet, nadir, vanguard, paladin and 76 more...
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Eponyms Spelling Bee List
need to learn these words!!!!!!!!!!!
praline, hosta, salmonella, tortoni, gardenia, zinnia, samaritan, jeremiad, shrapnel, boswell, Fletcherism, bandersnatch and 41 more...
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hybrid fruits and a few beasties too
tangelo, pluot, tomacco, citrofortunella, limequat, ugli fruit, grapefruit, oroblanco, calamondin, orangelo, dekopon, lemanderin and 33 more...
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Edible
sashimi, tiramisu, quenepa, lychee, dulce de leche, flan, buffalo wings, sorbet, pasteles, sherbet, turducken, mochi and 79 more...
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bunch of fruits
I like fruit. And I like the names of fruits – well, of these fruits at least.
persimmon, kaki, pomegranate, apple, pear, peach, fig, date, grapefruit, orange, banana, japanese persimmon and 39 more...
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words I cannot stand
If you say these words in my presence, I might harpoon you.
nougat, morsel, dumpling, chortle, hubris, niche, carmel, sippy cup, moist, yogilates, boysenberry, slather and 43 more...
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Names and kinds of fruit
A list made in honor of my son, who likes to eat it. A lot. Today he's had blueberries, apples, bananas, and watermelon, and that was just in his first two hours awake. Limited to fruit I could thi...
apple, banana, watermelon, orange, grape, blueberry, papaya, mango, nectarine, peach, grapefruit, pomelo and 56 more...
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