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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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
“Some salal, sword fern and salmonberry can go a long way.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2016
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 passed up a sluggish waterway lined by alder and maple, covered with dense thickets, a jungle in which flourished the stalwart salmonberry and the thorny sticks of the devil's club.
From The Hidden Places by Sinclair, Bertrand W.
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