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thimbleberry
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˈθɪm.bəl.ber.i/ us /ˈθɪm.bəl.ber.i/
a fruit similar to a raspberry (= a small, soft, red fruit) but shorter and rounder, or the bush on which it grows:
The thimbleberry, Rubus parviflorus, has large leaves and no thorns, and is native to northern parts of North America.
Thimbleberry fruits are smaller, flatter, and softer than raspberries, and have many small seeds.
I used to pick berries with my mother - wild strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, thimbleberries and blackberries.
The thimbleberry bushes fluttered as I rode past.
She tasted the tartness of a thimbleberry against her tongue.
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