black raspberry
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- noun
- /blæk ˈræspˌbɛri/
- US
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frambuesa negra
- I have chosen all dark flavors: black cherry, grape, black raspberry, so as we drink it almost seems the darkness swirls inside us with the night air, sweet and sharp, driven by small motors.
- black raspberry and blackberry
- strawberries and black raspberries
- black raspberries and cherries
Examples
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He broke from the garden and made a dash for the cover of a clump of black raspberries.
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He passed the snowy hump of a black raspberry bush and another.
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The path through the pasture, which was overgrown with black raspberry and thistle, remained empty, but this was not to be trusted.
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The dessert featured a rich sauce made from fresh black raspberries and a hint of lemon juice.
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During our hike, we found a patch of black raspberries that were ripe for picking.
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She added black raspberries to her smoothie for a burst of flavor and color.
Synonyms
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A small soft red fruit that grows on a bush
A type of raspberry plant from eastern North America with small black fruit shaped like thimbles
A bush that makes small black, thimble-shaped fruits people eat or turn into jam
A wild raspberry plant that makes small black berries shaped like little cups
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is a straightforward compound of 'black' (color) + 'raspberry' (the fruit/shrub), so its meaning as a raspberry that is black in color or a species with dark fruit is directly derivable from the parts. The composition follows normal adjectival modification patterns found across languages, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Black raspberry is the name for a kind of raspberry that is dark in color. It joins black (the color) and raspberry (the fruit) because the berries look black when ripe, so the name means 'a dark raspberry'.