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salmonberry

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A bush, Rubus spectabilis, found on the Pacific coast of North America.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The fruit from this bush, similar in appearance and texture to the blackberry and raspberry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

large erect red-flowered raspberry of western North America having large pinkish-orange berries

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Rubus spectabilis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: raspberry, raspberry bush

4

noun

Meaning 4

white-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: salmon berry, thimbleberry, Rubus parviflorus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: raspberry, raspberry bush

5

noun

Meaning 5

creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cloudberry, dwarf mulberry, bakeapple, baked-apple berry, Rubus chamaemorus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: raspberry, raspberry bush

History

Etymology

From salmon + berry, since they were traditionally eaten with salmon by indigenous peoples.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Polish: jeżyna okazała — shrub
  • Alutiiq: alagnaq — fruit
  • Chinook Jargon: samən ulali — fruit
  • Comox: t'ɛnɛqw — fruit
  • Danish: laksebær — fruit
  • Dutch: prachtframboos — fruit
  • Finnish: Alaskanvatukka — fruit
  • French: ronce remarquable — fruit
  • French: ronce admirable — fruit
  • French: ronce élégante — fruit
  • German: Pracht-Himbeere — fruit
  • German: Lachsbeere — fruit
  • Halkomelem: elíle — fruit
  • Nootka: qawii — fruit
  • Polish: owoc jeżyny okazałej — fruit
  • Shuswap: stíq̓wem — fruit
  • Spanish: salmonberry — fruit
  • Squamish: yetwán — fruit
  • Tlingit: aanáx̱ tléiḵw — fruit
  • Turkish: somonçileği — fruit
  • Umatilla: kulakúla — fruit