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boysenberry

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈbɔɪzn̩ˌbɛɹi/
  • rhymes with -ɔɪzənbɛɹi

1

adj

Meaning 1

A colour of the purple colour spectrum, based on the same fruit's colour, whose hexadecimal code is #873260, RGB is rgb(135, 50, 96), CMYK is (63%, 29%, 47%) and HSL is hsl(328°, 46%, 36%).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A hybrid berry created from crossing blackberry, red raspberry, and loganberry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

large raspberry-flavored fruit; cross between blackberries and raspberries

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: berry

4

noun

Meaning 4

cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberries

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boysenberry bush

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: western blackberry, western dewberry, Rubus ursinus

History

Etymology

From Boysen + berry, named after its creator Rudolph Boysen.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: mûre de Boysen — fruit colour
  • French: couleur de mûre de Boysen — fruit colour
  • German: Boysenbes — fruit colour
  • German: Boysenbesnfarbe — fruit colour
  • Polish: koloru boysenberry — fruit colour
  • Portuguese: amora de Boysen — fruit colour
  • Portuguese: baga de Boysen — fruit colour
  • Portuguese: fruto de Boysen — fruit colour
  • Portuguese: grão de Boysen — fruit colour
  • Portuguese: cor da amora de Boysen — fruit colour
  • Portuguese: cor da baga de Boysen — fruit colour
  • Portuguese: cor de boysenberry — fruit colour
  • Portuguese: cor do fruto de Boysen — fruit colour
  • Portuguese: cor do grão de Boysen — fruit colour
  • Spanish: zarza de Bosen — fruit colour
  • Spanish: color de zarza de Bosen — fruit colour
  • Finnish: boysenmarja — berry
  • French: mûre de Boysen — berry
  • German: Boysenbeere — berry
  • Japanese: ボイセンベリー (boisenberī) — berry
  • Polish: boysenberry — berry
  • Portuguese: amora de Boysen — berry
  • Portuguese: baga de Boysen — berry
  • Portuguese: fruto de Boysen — berry
  • Portuguese: grão de Boysen — berry
  • Russian: бо́йзенова я́года (bójzɛnova jágoda) — berry
  • Spanish: boysenberry — berry
  • Spanish: boysena — berry
  • Spanish: boysenberi — berry
  • Spanish: zarza boysen — berry
  • Spanish: zarza de boysen — berry
  • Swedish: boysenbär — berry