n. either of two low-growing shrubs, Prunus pumila or P. p. besseyi; also, the fruit of either of these shrubs.
See also: sand cherry
- 1804  (1890)  Some years there are many pigeons, which are very fat and palatable when they feed on berries, very plentiful here some years such as: strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, gooseberries, sandberries, cranberries, small cherries and abundance of wild currants of different colours.