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dogberry n Cent ~ 2 'in Nova Scotia, the mountain ash.' Mountain ash
(Pyrus americana); the berries of this tree; DOGWOOD. Also attrib.
[1779] 1792 CARTWRIGHT ii, 438 I saw some dog-berry-bushes in bud.
1836 [WIX]2 164 [He suddenly came] upon a bear, which [had] been in the upper
branches of a dog-berry or mountain ash, deliberately bending and breaking the boughs,
that he might eat the berries. 1846 TOCQUE 307 The berries [of mountain ash] are
generally called 'dog berries'; by some, however, in Newfoundland, they are called
'pig-berries.' 1886 HOWLEY MS Reminiscences 4 All along shore clusters of Dogberry
and Wild pear blossoms peeped out through the woods or hung gracefully over the banks. T
158-65 I went an' got a big pan o' dog-berries, an' I brought 'em in, washed 'em an' put
on the stove an' cooked 'em. 1967 HORWOOD 116 The rowans, a group of mountain ashes
locally called 'dog-berries,' are large trees that produce massive crops of fruit. They
not only grow plentifully in Newfoundland forests, but are cultivated for windbreaks,
hedges, and as ornamental specimens.
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