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thimbleberry

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Rubus parviflorus, a species of Rubus, native to western and northern North America, from Alaska east to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to northern Mexico.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The fruit of the above plant.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The black raspberry, Rubus occidentalis.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: black raspberry, blackcap, blackcap raspberry, Rubus occidentalis

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Broader terms: raspberry, raspberry bush

5

noun

Meaning 5

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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Synonyms: salmonberry, salmon berry, Rubus parviflorus

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Broader terms: raspberry, raspberry bush

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noun

Meaning 6

shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flowering raspberry, purple-flowering raspberry, Rubus odoratus

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Broader terms: raspberry, raspberry bush

History

Etymology

From thimble + berry.