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salmonberry

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salm⋅on⋅ber⋅ry

  [sam-uhn-ber-ee]
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–noun, plural -ries.
1. the salmon-colored, edible fruit of a raspberry, Rubus spectabilis, of the Pacific coast of North America.
2. the plant itself.
Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; salmon + berry
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salm·on·ber·ry   (sām'ən-běr'ē)   
n.  

  1. Any of several prickly shrubs of the genus Rubus, especially R. spectabilis of western North America, having trifoliate leaves and fragrant reddish flowers.

  2. The edible salmon-colored, raspberrylike fruit of this plant.

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salmonberry

(species Rubus chamaemorus), creeping herbaceous plant, native to the Arctic and subarctic regions of the north temperate zone, and its edible, aggregate fruit resembling structurally the raspberry. The yellow or amber-coloured berry grows from a 2.5-centimetre (1-inch) white flower on a creeping rootlike stem, or rhizome. The stalks grow to a height of 7.6-25 cm (3-10 inches)

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