| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| boysenberry |
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| SYLLABICATION: | boy·sen·ber·ry |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  boi z n-b r  |
| NOUN: | 1. A prickly bramble of uncertain origin but ultimately derived from a western North American blackberry (Rubus ursinus). 2. The edible, dark wine-red to nearly black fruit of this plant, having a taste suggestive of raspberries. | | ETYMOLOGY: | After Rudolph Boysen (died 1950), American botanist.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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