Thimbleberry

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thimbleberry \Thim"ble*ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
     A kind of black raspberry ({Rubus occidentalis}), common in
     America.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]