thimbleberry

thim·ble·ber·ry  (thmbl-br)

n.

1. Any of several North American raspberries, especially Rubus parviflorus, R. occidentalis, or R. odoratus of the rose family, having thimble-shaped aggregate fruit.

2. The fruit of any of these plants.

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