thimbleberry

thim·ble·ber·ry

T0165400 (thĭm′bəl-bĕr′ē)n.1. Any of several raspberries, especially Rubus parviflorus of western North America, having edible, thimble-shaped, usually red aggregate fruit.2. The fruit of any of these plants.

thimbleberry

(ˈθɪmbəlˌbɛrɪ) n, pl -ries1. (Plants) any North American raspberry, esp Rubus occidentalis, R. parviflorus, and R. odoratus, producing thimble-shaped berries2. (Plants) any North American raspberry, esp Rubus occidentalis, R. parviflorus, and R. odoratus, producing thimble-shaped berries

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.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	thimbleberry - shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruitflowering raspberry, purple-flowering raspberry, Rubus odoratusraspberry, 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 berriesRubus parviflorus, salmon berry, salmonberryraspberry, 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 fruitblack raspberry, blackcap, blackcap raspberry, Rubus occidentalisraspberry - red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberriesraspberry, 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