RUBUS


Meaning of RUBUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈrü-bəs ]

noun

( plural rubus )

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, blackberry

Date: 15th century

: any of a genus ( Rubus ) of plants (as a blackberry or a raspberry) of the rose family with leaves that typically have three to seven leaflets or that are simple and lobed, white or pink flowers, usually prickly stems, and a mass of carpels ripening into an aggregate fruit composed of many drupelets

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