thimbleberry Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruit
Rubus odoratus; flowering raspberry; purple-flowering raspberry.
noun white-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries
Rubus parviflorus; salmonberry; salmon berry.
noun raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit
black raspberry; blackcap raspberry; blackcap; Rubus occidentalis.