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RASPBERRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
Synonyms:
bird; boo; Bronx cheer; hiss; hoot; raspberry; razz; razzing; snort
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("raspberry" is a kind of...):
call; cry; outcry; shout; vociferation; yell (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("raspberry" is a kind of...):
berry (any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves)
drupelet (a small part of an aggregate fruit that resembles a drupe)
Holonyms ("raspberry" is a part of...):
American raspberry; Rubus idaeus strigosus; Rubus strigosus (red raspberry of North America)
black raspberry; blackcap; blackcap raspberry; Rubus occidentalis; thimbleberry (raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit)
Sense 3
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
raspberry; raspberry bush
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("raspberry" is a kind of...):
bramble bush (any prickly shrub of the genus Rubus bearing edible aggregate fruits)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "raspberry"):
red raspberry (any of several raspberries bearing red fruit)
black raspberry; blackcap; blackcap raspberry; Rubus occidentalis; thimbleberry (raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit)
Rubus spectabilis; salmonberry (large erect red-flowered raspberry of western North America having large pinkish-orange berries)
Rubus parviflorus; salmon berry; salmonberry; thimbleberry (white-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries)
bakeapple; baked-apple berry; cloudberry; dwarf mulberry; Rubus chamaemorus; salmonberry (creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries)
flowering raspberry; purple-flowering raspberry; Rubus odoratus; thimbleberry (shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruit)
Rubus phoenicolasius; wineberry (raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown for ornament and for the small red acid fruits)
