salmonberry

salm·on·ber·ry  (smn-br)

n.

1. Any of several prickly shrubs of the genus Rubus, especially R. spectabilis of western North America, having trifoliate leaves and fragrant reddish flowers.

2. The edible salmon-colored, raspberrylike fruit of this plant.

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salmonberry [ˈsæmənbərɪ -brɪ]

n pl -ries

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a spineless raspberry bush, Rubus spectabilis, of North America, having reddish-purple flowers and large red or yellow edible fruits

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the fruit of this plant

[so called from the colour of the berries]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	salmonberry - creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries bakeapple, baked-apple berry, cloudberry, dwarf mulberry, Rubus chamaemorus 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.	salmonberry - white-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries Rubus parviflorus, salmon berry, thimbleberry 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.	salmonberry - large erect red-flowered raspberry of western North America having large pinkish-orange berries Rubus spectabilis 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