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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1806, 1934
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BLACKBERRY, n.
(1) "The crowberry, Empetrum nigrum" (Cai. 1905 E.D.D. Suppl.; Abd.2 1934). Ags. 1806 Farmer's Mag. (Nov.) 466:
When caterpillars are devouring our gooseberry bushes and leaving not a leaf on the common currants, the blackberry leaves remain vigorous and uninjured.
(2) Used over a great part of Scotland for the blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum (Sc. 1789 J. Elphinston Propriety II. 207).Abd.2 1934:
Blackberry is applied to black currants generally and also to crowberry by those who know this berry.
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