| 单词 | thimble-berry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthimble-berry thimble-berry n. the black raspberry of America, Rubus occidentalis, so called from the shape of its receptacle; any of several other North American raspberries having thimble-shaped fruit. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > raspberry > types of thimble-berry1789 Antwerp?a1797 black cap1831 nessberry1925 1789 R. Haswell Jrnl. 16 Mar. in F. W. Howay Voy. Columbia to Northwest Coast (1941) 60 We frequently met with gooseberrys rousberrys currants blackberries strawberries and thimble berries. 1847 W. Darlington Agric. Bot. 127 Rubus occidentalis..Wild or Black Raspberry. Thimble-berry. Black Caps. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 282 Strawberries, raspberries, thimble-berries. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters i. iii. 41 A bower of green and tangled thicket..where thimble-berry played the part of our English hawthorn. 1886 Harper's Mag. July 281/2 There is another American species of raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) that is almost as dear to memory as the wild strawberry—the thimble-berry, or black-cap. 1946 T. M. Stanwell-Fletcher Driftwood Valley 219 Here the devil's-club gave way..to a dense growth of alders, azaleas, and thimbleberry. < as lemmas |
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