2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Raspberry  \Rasp"ber*ry\  (?;  277),  n.  [From  E.  rasp,  in  allusion 
  to  the  apparent  roughness  of  the  fruit.]  (Bot.) 
  a  The  thimble-shaped  fruit  of  the  {Rubus  Id[ae]us}  and 
  other  similar  brambles;  as  the  black,  the  red  and  the 
  white  raspberry. 
  b  The  shrub  bearing  this  fruit. 
 
  Note:  Technically,  raspberries  are  those  brambles  in  which 
  the  fruit  separates  readily  from  the  core  or 
  receptacle,  in  this  differing  from  the  blackberries,  in 
  which  the  fruit  is  firmly  attached  to  the  receptacle. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  raspberry 
  n  1:  woody  brambles  bearing  usually  red  but  sometimes  black  or 
  yellow  fruits  that  separate  from  the  receptacle  when 
  ripe  and  are  rounder  and  smaller  than  blackberries  [syn: 
  {raspberry  bush}] 
  2:  red  or  black  edible  aggregate  berries  usually  smaller  than 
  the  related  blackberries 
  3:  a  cry  or  noise  made  to  express  displeasure  or  contempt  [syn: 
  {boo},  {hoot},  {Bronx  cheer},  {hiss},  {razzing},  {snort}, 
  {bird}] 

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