averin
A Scottish name for the cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus), a small amber-yellow fruit that grows on boggy moorland in Scotland and northern regions.
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A Scottish name for the cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus), a small amber-yellow fruit that grows on boggy moorland in Scotland and northern regions. The cloudberry is prized for its flavor and is used in Scandinavian and Scottish cuisine. The term is distinctively Scottish and appears in dialect and foraging literature.
They'd walked the high moor for an hour before finding enough averins to fill half a cup.
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(Scotland) cloudberry, .
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(Scotland) cloudberry, fruit of .
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