thimbleberry

thim·ble·ber·ry

 (thĭm′bəl-bĕr′ē)

n.

1. Any of several raspberries, especially Rubus parviflorus of western North America, having edible, thimble-shaped, usually red aggregate fruit.

2. The fruit of any of these plants.

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thimbleberry

(ˈθɪmbəlˌbɛrɪ)

n, pl -ries

1. (Plants) any North American raspberry, esp Rubus occidentalis, R. parviflorus, and R. odoratus, producing thimble-shaped berries

2. (Plants) any North American raspberry, esp Rubus occidentalis, R. parviflorus, and R. odoratus, producing thimble-shaped berries

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black′ rasp′berry

n.

1. the edible fruit of a prickly North American clambering shrub, Rubus occidentalis.

2. the plant itself. Also called blackcap.

[1775–85, Amer.]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	thimbleberry - shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruit flowering raspberry, purple-flowering raspberry, Rubus odoratus raspberry, raspberry bush - woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries
	2.	thimbleberry - white-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries Rubus parviflorus, salmon berry, salmonberry raspberry, raspberry bush - woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries
	3.	thimbleberry - raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit black raspberry, blackcap, blackcap raspberry, Rubus occidentalis raspberry - red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries raspberry, raspberry bush - woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries

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