wonderberry


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Noun1.wonderberry - improved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible orange or black berrieswonderberry - improved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible orange or black berries
black nightshade, common nightshade, poisonberry, poison-berry, Solanum nigrum - Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible
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Their deep-red color and tangy taste make the so-called "wonderberry" a versatile ingredient year-round, says Keith Benoit, director special markets at Lakeville-Middleboro, Mass.-based Ocean Spray, the agricultural cooperative owned by over 650 cranberry growers in Massachusetts, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Oregon, Washington, and Canada.
Heiser (1969) refers to using Solanum sarachoides in his crosses to rediscover the "wonderberry."
Its refreshing fulodied feel is achieved by its use of the latest wonderberry, the cranberry.