boysenberry

boysenberry
boysenberry oysenberry n. 1. a cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a raspberrylike flavor. [WordNet 1.5]

2. a large raspberry-flavored bramble fruit; a cross between blackberries and raspberries. [WordNet 1.5] ||


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  • boysenberry bush — noun cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberries • Syn: ↑boysenberry • Hypernyms: ↑western blackberry, ↑western dewberry, ↑Rubus ursinus • Part Meronyms: ↑boysenberry …   Useful english dictionary

  • boysenberry — noun Etymology: Rudolph Boysen died 1950 American horticulturist + English berry Date: 1935 a large reddish black fruit with a raspberry flavor; also the trailing hybrid bramble yielding this fruit and developed by crossing several black …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • boysenberry — noun A hybrid berry created from crossing a blackberry, red raspberry and a loganberry. They are slightly larger than blackberries and have a red purple hue …   Wiktionary

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