raspberry

/ˌræzˈbɛri/

/ˈræzbɛri/

Other forms: raspberries

A raspberry is a prickly shrub-like plant that grows small, sweet, red fruit also called raspberries.

Look closely at a raspberry and you'll see it's made up of many tiny connected globes. Raspberries are a popular flavor in jam, pie, syrup, and many other delicious products. While they're often red, you can also find black raspberries and even pale, golden-colored raspberries. If someone gives you a raspberry, it doesn't necessarily mean a tiny piece of fruit — they may be making a rude sound in your direction, also known as a raspberry.

Definitions of raspberry

1. noun

   woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries
   synonyms: raspberry bush

   types:

   red raspberry

   any of several raspberries bearing red fruit

   Rubus occidentalis, black raspberry, blackcap, blackcap raspberry, thimbleberry

   raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit

   Rubus spectabilis, salmonberry

   large erect red-flowered raspberry of western North America having large pinkish-orange berries

   Rubus parviflorus, salmon berry, salmonberry, thimbleberry

   white-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries

   Rubus chamaemorus, bakeapple, baked-apple berry, cloudberry, dwarf mulberry, salmonberry

   creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries

   Rubus odoratus, flowering raspberry, purple-flowering raspberry, thimbleberry

   shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruit

   Rubus phoenicolasius, wineberry

   raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown for ornament and for the small red acid fruits

   European raspberry, Rubus idaeus, framboise, wild raspberry

   the common European raspberry; fruit red or orange

   American raspberry, Rubus idaeus strigosus, Rubus strigosus

   red raspberry of North America

   type of:

   bramble bush

   any prickly shrub of the genus Rubus bearing edible aggregate fruits
2. noun

   red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries
   type of:

   berry

   any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves

   drupelet

   a small part of an aggregate fruit that resembles a drupe
3. noun

   a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
   synonyms: Bronx cheer, bird, boo, hiss, hoot, razz, razzing, snort

   type of:

   call, cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell

   a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition