Empetrum nigrum

Translingual thumb|Empetrum nigrum Proper noun Empetrum niger nigrum la 1 n species family Ericaceae black crowberry, mossberry, native to arctic lands en mul 1905 Peterson Maude Gridley How to Know Wild Fruits: A Guide to Plants When Not in Flower by Means of Fruit and Leaf Macmillan 202 https://www.google.com/books/edition/How_to_Know_Wild_Fruits/STEXAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA202&printsec=frontcover Black crowberry. Empetrum nigrum. Crowberry Family. Fruit. — The black drupe is berrylike, globular, and incloses six to nine seedlike nutlets with a seed in each. The calyx is at the base and the stigma is at the apex. The drupes are solitary in the leaf axils. They are juicy, acid, edible, and serve as food for the Arctic birds. Hypernyms species Ericales order - order; Ericaceae family - family; Ericoideae subfamily - subfamily; Empetreae tribe - tribe; Empetrum genus - genus Hyponyms species Empetrum nigrum subsp. hermaphroditum subspecies - subspecies; for other subspecies, variety and form names see Empetrum+nigrum 1. References 1 1 1 23743 586630 191066 EMNI 11900005 taxon 15127 Empetrum+nigrum mul Heather family plants