Rubus fruticosus
- noun
- UK
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mora europea
- The sweet berries of Rubus fruticosus are popular in jams and desserts.
Examples
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Wild Rubus fruticosus is commonly found along hedgerows throughout Europe.
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I picked some Rubus fruticosus in the garden.
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Gardeners appreciate Rubus fruticosus for its vigorous growth and abundant fruit.
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The Rubus fruticosus plant grows wild in many areas.
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The sweet berries of Rubus fruticosus are popular in jams and desserts.
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Wild Rubus fruticosus is commonly found along hedgerows throughout Europe.
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Gardeners appreciate Rubus fruticosus for its vigorous growth and abundant fruit.
Synonyms
10
1.0
A bush with sharp stems that grows small sweet black fruits
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6.0
A rough, thorny bush that often has berries like blackberries or raspberries
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1.3
A bush with thorny stems that makes sweet dark berries you can eat
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5.7
A wild prickly bush with blackberries you can eat
A bush that grows sweet black or dark purple berries you can eat
Surface Forms
Morphology
Rubus + fruticosus
This is a Latin taxonomic binomial rather than a normal English phrase; its parts are Latin labels (Rubus = a genus name) and 'fruticosus' has no ordinary English definition here. A B1 learner who 'knows' the constituent labels would not be able to derive the common meaning 'European blackberry' from those Latin morphemes without botanical or Latin knowledge, so the expression is not compositionally transparent.
Etymology
Rubus fruticosus comes from Latin words. The first part, Rubus, was an old word for a bramble or blackberry and fruticosus means 'bushy', so the name paints the picture of a bushy bramble and explains why it refers to the common blackberry plant.