[syn: black raspberry, blackcap, blackcap raspberry, thimbleberry, Rubus occidentalis]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Thimbleberry \Thim"ble*ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), common in
America.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
thimbleberry
n 1: shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy
rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped
fruit [syn: flowering raspberry, purple-flowering
raspberry, Rubus odoratus, thimbleberry]
2: white-flowered raspberry of western North America and
northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries [syn:
salmonberry, salmon berry, thimbleberry, Rubus
parviflorus]
3: raspberry native to eastern North America having black
thimble-shaped fruit [syn: black raspberry, blackcap,
blackcap raspberry, thimbleberry, Rubus occidentalis]