thimbleberry meaning and definition

THIMBLEBERRY noun

Definition of thimbleberry (noun)

1. shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruit
   • synonyms: flowering raspberry, purple-flowering raspberry, Rubus odoratus
2. white-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries
   • synonyms: Rubus parviflorus, salmon berry, salmonberry
3. raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit
   • synonyms: black raspberry, blackcap, blackcap raspberry, Rubus occidentalis