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Eberesche

rowan berry, mountain ash berry

noun AY-ber-esh-eh Rare
Food & Drink Fruits

Usage Note

Eberesche refers both to the rowan tree and its bright red berries. Raw berries are bitter and mildly toxic; cooked into jelly or syrup they become edible. Used in traditional German herbal medicine and wild-foraged cuisine.

Examples

"Aus Ebereschen lässt sich ein herb-aromatisches Gelee kochen."

Natural Translation

A bitter-aromatic jelly can be cooked from rowan berries.

Literal Translation

From rowan-berries lets itself a bitter-aromatic jelly cook.

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