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THIMBLEBERRY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

black raspberry; blackcap; blackcap raspberry; Rubus occidentalis; thimbleberry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("thimbleberry" is a kind of...):

raspberry; raspberry bush (woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries)

Meronyms (parts of "thimbleberry"):

raspberry (red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Rubus parviflorus; salmon berry; salmonberry; thimbleberry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("thimbleberry" is a kind of...):

raspberry; raspberry bush (woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

flowering raspberry; purple-flowering raspberry; Rubus odoratus; thimbleberry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("thimbleberry" is a kind of...):

raspberry; raspberry bush (woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries)

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