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black raspberry Definition

☆ black raspberry

noun

  1. a shrub (Rubus occidentalis) of the rose family, with long prickly canes that root at the tips and bear juicy, purple-black fruit
  2. this fruit

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  • feed: The fruit also hindered the development of esophageal cancer in individual rats fed black raspberries after NMBA treatment.