salmonberry
Americannoun
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the salmon-colored, edible fruit of the bramble Rubus spectabilis, found on the west coast of North America: similar to a raspberry.
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the bramble Rubus spectabilis, which bears salmon-colored, edible fruit similar to raspberries: found on the west coast of North America.
noun
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a spineless raspberry bush, Rubus spectabilis, of North America, having reddish-purple flowers and large red or yellow edible fruits
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the fruit of this plant
Etymology
Origin of salmonberry
Example Sentences
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That included decommissioning old social trails and planting several thousand native plants like salmonberry and osoberry.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2023
Blackberries and salmonberry shrubs do not interfere with each other’s growth.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Popular flavors include salmonberry, tundra blueberry and low-bush cranberry.
From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2017
At low tide, it requires scrambling up a very steep and muddy trail through forest choked with spruce, alder, salal and salmonberry.
From Washington Times • Oct. 4, 2014
He therefore was right joyous at this good omen of protection; and his heart grew big and swollen with hope, as the black salmonberry swells in a swamp in June.
From In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making by Putnam, George Palmer
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