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black raspberry

–noun
1. the edible fruit of a prickly North American clambering shrub, Rubus occidentalis, resembling a raspberry in form and a blackberry in color.
2. the plant itself.
Also called blackcap.


Origin:
1775–85, Americanism
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black raspberry  
n.  
  1. A prickly eastern North American shrub (Rubus occidentalis) having an aggregate, edible, juicy, purple-black fruit. Also called blackcap.

  2. The fruit of this plant.

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