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Wikispecies

Wikispecies

Noun

black raspberry ‎(plural black raspberries)

Ripening fruit of Rubus occidentalis, a species of black raspberry

1. A plant belonging to either of two closely related species, Rubus leucodermis or Rubus occidentalis, both native to North America.
2. Rubus coreanus, native to Korea, Japan, and China
3. The fruit of any of these species.

Synonyms

• (Rubus leucodermis): black cap raspberry, whitebark raspberry, blue raspberry
• (Rubus occidentalis): wild black raspberry, black caps, black cap raspberry, thimbleberry, scotch cap