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raspberry noun [ ˈrɑːzb(ə)ri ]

• an edible soft fruit related to the blackberry, consisting of a cluster of reddish-pink drupelets.
• the plant which yields the raspberry, forming tall stiff prickly stems or ‘canes’.
• a deep reddish-pink colour.
• "a raspberry tweed jacket"
• a sound made with the tongue and lips, expressing derision or contempt.
• "Clare blew a raspberry"
Origin: early 17th century: from dialect rasp, abbreviation of obsolete raspis ‘raspberry’ (also used as a collective), of unknown origin, + berry.


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