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thimbleberry

thimbleberry 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.

thimbleberry: rubus parviflorus, a species of Rubus, native to western and northern North America, from Alaska...
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Noun

thimbleberry (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.

Forms of thimbleberry

pluralthimbleberries

Origin of thimbleberry

From thimble + berry.

Questions about thimbleberry

What does thimbleberry mean?
Thimbleberry means 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.
What part of speech is thimbleberry?
Thimbleberry is a noun.
What is the plural of thimbleberry?
The plural of thimbleberry is thimbleberries.

Words near thimbleberry in the dictionary

  1. thimble connector
  2. thimble connectors
  3. thimble-rigger
  4. thimble-riggers
  5. thimbleberries
  6. thimbleberry
  7. Thimbleby
  8. thimbled
  9. thimbleeye
  10. thimbleeyes
  11. thimbleful

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