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raspberry
(raz′ber′ē, -bər ē)
noun pl. raspberries
- the small, juicy, edible, aggregate fruit of various brambles (genus Rubus) of the rose family, consisting of a cluster of red, purple, or black drupelets
- any plant bearing this fruit
Origin: < rhyming slang raspberry tart, fart
Slang a sound of derision, contempt, etc. made by expelling air forcibly so as to vibrate the tongue between the lips
Origin: earlier raspis berry < rasp, raspis, raspberry (prob. same word as ME raspis, kind of wine) + berry
See raspberry in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- Any of various shrubby, usually prickly plants of the genus Rubus in the rose family, such as R. idaeus var. strigosus of eastern North America and R. idaeus of Europe, that bear edible fruit.
- The aggregate fruit of any of these plants, consisting of many small, fleshy, usually red drupelets.
- A moderate to dark or deep purplish red.
- Slang A derisive or contemptuous sound made by vibrating the extended tongue and the lips while exhaling.
Origin:
Origin: Obsolete raspis, raspberry
Origin: + berry
Origin: . Sense 4, possibly short for raspberry tart
Origin: , rhyming slang for fart
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