BLACK RASPBERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black raspberry mean? 

• BLACK RASPBERRY (noun)
  The noun BLACK RASPBERRY has 1 sense:

1. raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit

  Familiarity information: BLACK RASPBERRY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK RASPBERRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("black raspberry" 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 "black raspberry"):

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

 Context examples 

A saliva substitute (or artificial saliva) containing lyophilized black raspberry with potential antioxidant, pro-apoptotic and chemopreventive activities.

(Lyophilized Black Raspberry Saliva Substitute, NCI Thesaurus)

A lozenge containing lyophilized black raspberry with potential antioxidant, pro-apoptotic, anti-angiogenic and chemopreventive activities.

(Lyophilized Black Raspberry Lozenge, NCI Thesaurus)

The four main constituent black raspberry anthocyanins that contribute significantly to the chemopreventive effects are cyanidin 3-glucoside (C3GLU), cyanidin 3-rutinoside (C3RUT), cyanidin 3-sambubioside (C3SAM) and cyanidin 3-(2(G)-xylosyl) rutinoside (C3XRUT).

(Freeze-dried Black Raspberry Bioadhesive Gel, NCI Thesaurus)