flowering raspberry

American  

noun

1. a shrub, Rubus ordoratus, of eastern North America, having loose clusters of showy purplish or rose-purple flowers and inedible, dry, red fruit.

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Etymology

Origin of flowering raspberry

First recorded in 1805–15

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flowering raspberry

The flowering raspberry, found in moist woods and shady dells, is as beautiful as the rose, and the buds, if possible, more beautiful than rose-buds.

From Harper's Young People, June 8, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

Here and there will be a clump of flowering raspberry.

From How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer

Pistil and stamen of flowering raspberry 131 73.

From The First Book of Farming by Charles Landon Goodrich

A. Pistil of flowering raspberry; e, ovary; t, style; s, stigma.

From The First Book of Farming by Charles Landon Goodrich