cross-berry, noun

Origin:
Translation of Afrikaans kruisbessie.
The kruisbessie (sense b), Grewia occidentalis.
1976 A.P. Brink Instant in Wind 56White-thorn and tanglewood,..kiepersol, and karee and cross-berries, assegai wood, the pale blue of plumbago.
1982 Fox & Norwood Young Food from Veld 355Grewia occidentalis L., Common names: English — cross-berry...The ripe purplish fruit is quite pleasant to eat.
1987 F. Von Breitenbach Nat. List of Indigenous Trees 129Grewia occidentalis L.,..Cross-berry, Dew-berry, Bow-wood, Assegaiwood, Four-corners, Button-wood.
1990 T. Van Rensburg in Conserva Vol.5 No.3, 21My brother and I became acquainted with all the Bushveld fruit-trees — maroela, crossberry, moepel and stamvrug.
1991 Dict. of Horticulture (Dept of Nat. Educ.) 451Kruisbessie, (Grewia occidentalis,..): cross-berry, dew-berry.
1994 Weekend Post 22 Oct. (Leisure) 7Grewia occidentalis (cross berry) is another good standby in an indigenous garden. It bears pretty pink-mauve flowers in spring and early summer and these are followed by the berries which give the shrub its common name.
The kruisbessie (sense b), Grewia occidentalis.
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