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thimbleberry |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thimbleberry \Thim"ble*ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) A kind of black raspberry ({Rubus occidentalis}), common in America. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: thimbleberry n 1: shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruit [syn: {flowering raspberry}, {purple-flowering raspberry}, {Rubus odoratus}] 2: white-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries [syn: {salmonberry}, {salmon berry}, {Rubus parviflorus}] 3: raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit [syn: {black raspberry}, {blackcap}, {blackcap raspberry}, {Rubus occidentalis}]
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