yumberry

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English

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Etymology

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Marketing coinage from yum +‎ berry.

Noun

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yumberry (plural yumberries)

  1. The yangmei, especially in commercial products where it is promoted as a superfruit.
    • 2008, Prepared Foods, volume 177, numbers 7-12, page 91:
      While yumberries are edging into popular recognition, new antioxidant fruits such as Kakadu plums are in the very initial stages of commercialization.
    • 2011, Juliette Kellow, Lyndel Costain, Laurence Beeken, The Calorie, Carb and Fat Bible 2011, page 363:
      Cranberries, Yumberries & Blackcurrants