Rubus occidentalis n 1: raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit [syn: {black raspberry}, {blackcap}, {blackcap raspberry}, {thimbleberry}, {Rubus occidentalis}]
Thimbleberry \Thim"ble*ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) A kind of black raspberry ({Rubus occidentalis}), common in America. [1913 Webster]