dewberries
A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM, iii. 1.
152.
“Dew-berries, Baccæ rubi
repentis.”
Coles's Lat. and Engl. Dict.
“Dewberry (Rubus
cæsius). This plant grows on the borders of fields and on the banks of hedges and
ditches. The fruit is very pleasant to the taste, and consists of a few drupes half
enclosed in the calyx and covered with a grey bloom. It generally grows close to the
ground, and the fruit is ripe in September.”
Beisly's Shakspere's
Garden, etc., p. 51.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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