thimbleberry

2 definitions found

thimbleberry - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

thimbleberry - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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, thimbleberry]
      2: white-flowered raspberry of western North America and
         northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries [syn:
         salmonberry, salmon berry, thimbleberry, Rubus   parviflorus
         ]
      3: raspberry native to eastern North America having black
         thimble-shaped fruit [syn: black raspberry, blackcap,
         blackcap raspberry, thimbleberry, Rubus occidentalis]