flowering raspberry

noun

1. a shrub, Rubus ordoratus, of eastern North America, having loose clusters of showy purplish or rose-purple flowers and inedible, dry, red fruit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of flowering raspberry¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

The flowering raspberry, found in moist woods and shady dells, is as beautiful as the rose, and the buds, if possible, more beautiful than rose-buds.

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A. Pistil of flowering raspberry; e, ovary; t, style; s, stigma.

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Here and there will be a clump of flowering raspberry.

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