Definition of Shadberries

1. shadberry [n] - See also: shadberry

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shadberries

shacko
shackoes
shackos
shacks
shacks up
shacktown
shacktowns
shacky
shad
shad-flower
shad-spirit
shad-spirits
shad-waiter
shad-waiters
shad roe
shadberries (current term)
shadberry
shadbird
shadbirds
shadblow
shadblows
shadbush
shadbushes
shadchan
shadchanim
shadchans
shadchen
shadchens
shadd
shadda

Literary usage of Shadberries

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1871)
"... and the berries are eaten, both fresh aud dried for winter use, by all the Indians. They are used by white settlers also, who call them shadberries. ..."

2. Lessons with Plants: Suggestions for Seeing and Interpreting Some of the by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"... or shadberries. The medlar is a common apple-like or quince- like fruit of Europe, and it is frequently cultivated here. The picture in Fig. ..."

3. Lessons with Plants: Suggestions for Seeing and Interpreting Some of the by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1897)
"... or shadberries. The medlar is a common apple-like or quince- like fruit of Europe, and it is frequently cultivated here. The picture in Fig. ..."

4. The Labrador Coast: A Journal of Two Summer Cruises to that Region by Alpheus Spring Packard (1891)
"On the sides of the sandy terraces were blackberry and raspberry bushes, and currants, shadberries, and golden thread just in blossom, while the alders ..."

5. San Francisco and the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir: Hearing Held Before the by United States Congress. House. Committee on the Public Lands, United States 60th Congress, 2d session, House. [from old catalog] (1908)
"... gooseberries, shadberries, currants, puckery choke cherries, pine nuts, etc., offering royal feasts to Indians, squirrels, and birds of every feather. ..."

6. The Iron Hunter by Chase Salmon Osborn (1919)
"Then our craving for something sour would be satisfied with luscious shadberries and blueberries such as do not grow elsewhere. ..."

7. The Iron Hunter by Chase Salmon Osborn (1919)
"Then our craving for something sour would be satisfied with luscious shadberries and blueberries such ..."

8. The Iron Hunter by Chase Salmon Osborn (1919)
"Then our craving for something sour would be satisfied with luscious shadberries and blueberries such as do not grow elsewhere. ..."

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