black raspberry

black raspberry

n.

1. A prickly eastern North American shrub (Rubus occidentalis) having an aggregate, edible, juicy, purple-black fruit. Also called blackcap.

2. The fruit of this plant.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

black raspberry - raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit blackcap, blackcap raspberry, Rubus occidentalis, thimbleberry 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