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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Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
A hybrid berry created from crossing blackberry, red raspberry, and loganberry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
noun
Meaning 3
large raspberry-flavored fruit; cross between blackberries and raspberries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: berry
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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.
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32 source translations are retained for this English entry.