black raspberry

black raspberry

n.

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

2. The fruit of this plant.

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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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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

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