Meanings
plural salmonberries
- A bush, Rubus spectabilis, found on the Pacific coast of North America.
- The fruit from this bush, similar in appearance and texture to the blackberry and raspberry.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouncreeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries
nounwhite-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries
nounlarge erect red-flowered raspberry of western North America having large pinkish-orange berries
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From salmon + berry, since they were traditionally eaten with salmon by indigenous peoples.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish laksebær
- laksebærfruit
Dutch prachtframboos
- prachtframboosfruit
Finnish Alaskanvatukka
- Alaskanvatukkafruit
French ronce remarquable, ronce admirable
- ronce remarquablefruit
- ronce admirablefruit
- ronce élégantefruit
German Pracht-Himbeere, Lachsbeere
- Pracht-Himbeerefruit
- Lachsbeerefruit
Polish jeżyna okazała, owoc jeżyny okazałej
- jeżyna okazałashrub
- owoc jeżyny okazałejfruit
Spanish salmonberry
- salmonberryfruit
Turkish somonçileği
- somonçileğifruit
Cite this entry
salmonberry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salmonberry
“salmonberry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salmonberry. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salmonberry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salmonberry.
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