thimbleberry

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noun

Rubus parviflorus, a species of Rubus, native to western and northern North America, from Alaska east to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to northern Mexico.

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flowering raspberrypurple-flowering raspberryRubus odoratussalmonberrysalmon berryRubus parviflorusblack raspberryblackcap
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Meanings

nounthimbleberry (plural thimbleberries)

plural thimbleberries

  1. Rubus parviflorus, a species of Rubus, native to western and northern North America, from Alaska east to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to northern Mexico.
  2. The fruit of the above plant.
  3. The black raspberry, Rubus occidentalis.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

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flowering raspberrypurple-flowering raspberryRubus odoratus
Broader
raspberryraspberry bush

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

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salmonberrysalmon berryRubus parviflorus
Broader
raspberryraspberry bush

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

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black raspberryblackcapblackcap raspberryRubus occidentalis
Broader
raspberryraspberry bush
Also see
blackcapblackcap raspberryblack raspberryroseleaf bramblesalmonberry

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From thimble + berry.

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Cite this entry
APA

thimbleberry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thimbleberry

MLA

“thimbleberry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thimbleberry. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thimbleberry,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thimbleberry.

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