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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A bush, Rubus spectabilis, found on the Pacific coast of North America.
2. 2
   large erect red-flowered raspberry of western North America having large pinkish-orange berries wordnet
3. 3
   The fruit from this bush, similar in appearance and texture to the blackberry and raspberry.
4. 4
   white-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries wordnet
5. 5
   creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bakeapplebaked-apple berrycloudberrycloudberrydwarf mulberryrubus chamaemorus

Etymology

From salmon + berry, since they were traditionally eaten with salmon by indigenous peoples.

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