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Definition of Rubus occidentalis

1. Noun. Raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rubus Occidentalis

Literary usage of Rubus occidentalis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"The original of the Carolina, Gladstone and other Raspberries. June-July. Fruit ripe July-Aug. 7. rubus occidentalis L. Black Raspberry. Thimble-berry. ..."

2. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1860)
"(rubus occidentalis.) The Black Raspberry, so called by many from the naked receptacle, which has the shape of a thimble. THIMBLE-WEED. (Rudbeckia. ..."

3. Bush-fruits: A Horticultural Monograph of Raspberries, Blackberries by Fred Wallace Card (1898)
"Very little need be said concerning the botanical characters of the black-cap, since the species to which it belongs, rubus occidentalis, is so distinct ..."

4. Bush-fruits: A Horticultural Monograph of Raspberries, Blackberries by Fred Wallace Card (1898)
"Very little need be said concerning the botanical characters of the black-cap, since the species to which it belongs, rubus occidentalis, is so distinct ..."

5. Bush-fruits by Fred Wallace Card (1917)
"BLACK RASPBERRIES rubus occidentalis Black-caps form the youngest group of raspberries in cultivation, but are now the most important. ..."

6. Sketch of the Evolution of Our Native Fruits by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1898)
"... and attempted to designate the botanical characters which distinguish the cultivated forms from those of rubus occidentalis and R. strigosus. ..."

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