thimbleberry

thimbleberry
/thim"beuhl ber'ee/, n., pl. thimbleberries.
any of several American raspberries bearing a thimble-shaped fruit, esp. the black raspberry, Rubus occidentalis.
[1780-90, Amer.; THIMBLE + BERRY]

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