Definitions

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  • noun The cloudberry

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  • noun creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries

Etymologies

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Supposedly from French "baie, qu'appelle" which roughly translates as "what's the name of that berry".

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Examples

  • The cloudberry is known as the bakeapple in Atlantic Canada.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • At L'Anse aux Meadows, we learned the origin of the name bakeapple: the French called these berries baie qu'appelle.

    Archive 2008-06-01 2008

  • The cloudberry is known as the bakeapple in Atlantic Canada.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • The cloudberry is known as the bakeapple in Atlantic Canada.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • They chose a colour called bakeapple jam as the interior accent, setting off the red ochre picked to match the building's extra-large "fatboy" bricks, which were originally carried as ballast from England.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2009

  • I got the chance to use my latest naturalist knowledge: identifying the cloudberry, which the locals called "bakeapple".

    Archive 2008-06-01 2008

  • The Newfoundlander thought the Frenchmen was telling him the berries’ name, so it became known as the bakeapple.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • The Newfoundlander thought the Frenchmen was telling him the berries’ name, so it became known as the bakeapple.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • The Newfoundlander thought the Frenchmen was telling him the berries’ name, so it became known as the bakeapple.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • Blueberries (very close relative of huckleberry) and bakeapple berry (a.k.a. cloud berry).

    Favorite wild berry? 2009

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