RUBUS OCCIDENTALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rubus occidentalis mean? 

• RUBUS OCCIDENTALIS (noun)
  The noun RUBUS OCCIDENTALIS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: RUBUS OCCIDENTALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUBUS OCCIDENTALIS (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 ("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)