Meaning of THIMBLEBERRY
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- [n] raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit
- [n] white-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries
- [n] shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruit
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| Synonyms: | | black raspberry, blackcap, blackcap raspberry, flowering raspberry, purple-flowering raspberry, Rubus occidentalis, Rubus odoratus, Rubus parviflorus, salmon berry, salmonberry |
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| See Also: | | raspberry, raspberry bush | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Thim"ble*ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of black raspberry ({Rubus occidentalis}), common in
America.
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