Thimbleberry Definition & Meaning
thimbleberry
- noun
- shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruit
- white-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries
- raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit
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