boysenberry

English

Etymology

From Boysen +‎ berry, named after its creator Rudolph Boysen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔɪzn̩ˌbɛɹi/
  • Hyphenation: boy‧sen‧ber‧ry
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪzənbɛɹi

Noun

boysenberry (plural boysenberries)

  1. A hybrid berry created from crossing blackberry, red raspberry, and loganberry.
    • 2012 July 19, “Rubus Diversity and Obscurity…Batology!”, in The Fruit Nut[1]:
      Like all caneberries, boysenberries are an etaerio or aggregate fruit containing several drupelets.
    • 2014 September 11, Pam Grout, “Really? 10 unexpected cruise activities”, in CNN[2]:
      As mesmerizing as it is to watch Kristen Kish whip up bacon and cinnamon waffles with boysenberry and strawberry jam, imagine playing poker with Hosea Rosenberg.
    • 2015 July 2, Michael Pearson, “6 things to know about hot dog king Joey Chestnut”, in CNN[3]:
      Here’s a grocery list of foods Chestnut has eaten competitively, drawn from his Major League Eating bio: apple pie, asparagus, boysenberry pie, brats, burritos, chicken spiedies (a kind of sandwich), chicken wings, chili, corned beef sandwiches, eggs, fish tacos, funnel cake, grilled cheese sandwiches, gyoza, Krystal hamburgers, horseshoe sandwiches, hot dogs, ice cream, jalapeno poppers, kolaches, pastrami sandwiches, Philly cheesesteaks, pierogi, pizza, pork ribs, pulled pork, poutine, salt potatoes, shrimp, tacos, tamales, turkey and Twinkies.

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Adjective

boysenberry (not comparable)

  1. A colour of the purple colour spectrum, based on the same fruit's colour, whose hexadecimal code is #873260, RGB is rgb(135, 50, 96), CMYK is (63%, 29%, 47%) and HSL is hsl(328°, 46%, 36%).

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