RUBUS OCCIDENTALIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit

Synonyms:

black raspberry; blackcap; blackcap raspberry; Rubus occidentalis; thimbleberry

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Rubus occidentalis" is a kind of...):

raspberry; raspberry bush (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)

Meronyms (parts of "Rubus occidentalis"):

raspberry (red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries)

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