raspberry
the fruit of any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Rubus, of the rose family, consisting of small and juicy red, black, or pale yellow drupelets forming a detachable cap about a convex receptacle.
any shrub bearing this fruit.
a dark reddish-purple color.
Informal.
any sign or expression of dislike or derision.
Origin of raspberry
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How to use raspberry in a sentence
Read the author's family recipe for mock purple raspberry pieSo this isn’t just an essay about pie.
America forgot how to make proper pie. Can we remember before it’s too late? | Megan McArdle | July 1, 2021 | Washington PostIt offers flavors of strawberries and raspberries, with hints of herbs, sea air and yes, flowers.
Sip this $13 prosecco to turn an ordinary day into a celebration | Dave McIntyre | June 4, 2021 | Washington PostThe lone disappointment is a savory tart topped with a fan of dense apple slices, a blob of half-melted Roquefort and a single raspberry.
L’Auberge Chez Francois is ready for its close-up, yet again | Tom Sietsema | April 9, 2021 | Washington PostThe color is a bright pale pink that somehow seems to refract light into flavors of strawberries, cherries and candied raspberries.
This extraordinary $16 French rosé proves that 2020 was a good year for pink | Dave McIntyre | April 2, 2021 | Washington PostIt’s bold and juicy, with lots of blackberry, plum and raspberry fruit, along with a hint of the regional wild herbs known as garrigue.
This outstanding Argentine malbec delivers deep fruit flavors for just $15 | Dave McIntyre | February 19, 2021 | Washington Post
But he insist his character, Petel (Hebrew for raspberry) has a universal appeal.
Trans in the Holy Land: ‘Marzipan Flowers,’ Tal Kallai, and the Shattering of Israel’s LGBT Taboos | Itay Hod | November 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd none of the 13 directors or 19 writers of Movie 43 came to claim their Golden raspberry.
Backstage at the Razzie Awards, Honoring Hollywood’s Worst Films | David Eckstein | March 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Golden raspberry Awards—the Razzies—honors the worst in film with the best (and weirdest) show a few dollars can afford.
Backstage at the Razzie Awards, Honoring Hollywood’s Worst Films | David Eckstein | March 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe annual Golden raspberry Awards highlight the worst films of the year.
Hey! Some People Liked Grown Ups 2: Critics Defend The Razzie Nominations | Amy Zimmerman | January 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd a feast it is – yogurts with fresh squeezed fruits, salmon soufflé, raspberry flan, and always crepes to finish the meal.
On La Route du Cidre: Getting Buzzed on Normandy’s Cider Trail | William O’Connor | September 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTShe brought some water and raspberry syrup, and Hans Nilsen, contrary to his custom, took a long draught.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandWild raspberry bushes had grown in profusion among the black, sentinel-like trunks of dead trees.
Mystery Ranch | Arthur ChapmanIn the winter, they jumped into fleecy snowdrifts and rolled until their little bronze bodies took on a red-raspberry tint.
Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children | Mabel PowersThence to the Greyhound in Fleet Street, and there drank some raspberry sack and eat some sasages, and so home very merry.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel PepysThere is no berry so fascinating nor so delicious to me as a raspberry, especially at breakfast, half hidden under golden cream.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard Eaton
British Dictionary definitions for raspberry
/ (ˈrɑːzbərɪ, -brɪ) /
any of the prickly shrubs of the rosaceous genus Rubus, such as R. strigosus of E North America and R. idaeus of Europe, that have pinkish-white flowers and typically red berry-like fruits (drupelets): See also bramble
the fruit of any such plant
(as modifier): raspberry jelly
black raspberry Popular name: blackcap
a related plant, Rubus occidentalis, of E North America, that has black berry-like fruits
the fruit of this plant
a dark purplish-red colour
(as adjective): a raspberry dress
a spluttering noise made with the tongue and lips to express contempt (esp in the phrase blow a raspberry)
Origin of raspberry
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