thimbleberry

/ˈθɪmbəlˌbɛri/

Other forms: thimbleberries

Definitions of thimbleberry

1. noun

   shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruit
   synonyms: Rubus odoratus, flowering raspberry, purple-flowering raspberry

   type 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
2. noun

   white-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries
   synonyms: Rubus parviflorus, salmon berry, salmonberry

   type 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
3. noun

   raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit
   synonyms: Rubus occidentalis, black raspberry, blackcap, blackcap raspberry

   type 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