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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A prickly eastern North American shrub (Rubus occidentalis) in the rose family, having an aggregate, edible, juicy, purple-black fruit.
- noun The fruit of this plant.
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- noun a
plant belonging to either of two closely related species,Rubus leucodermis orRubus occidentalis, both native to North America - noun the
fruit of either of these species
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit
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Examples
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-- In summer, buds are formed on bushes of black raspberry, blossoms appear, and these are followed by small, green, and bitter berries, which hardly anything cares to eat.
Seed Dispersal 1878
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The nose is smoky, with blackberry, black raspberry, and hints of cedar and eucalyptus.
Thestar.com - Home Page Gord Stimmell 2010
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