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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.

Etymology

Origin of flowering raspberry

First recorded in 1805–15

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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.

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

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Here and there will be a clump of flowering raspberry.

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