RASPBERRY

noun Etymology: English dialect rasp ~ + English berry Date: circa 1616 1. any of various usually black or red edible berries that are aggregate fruits consisting of numerous small drupes on a fleshy receptacle and that are usually rounder and smaller than the closely related blackberries, a perennial plant (genus Rubus ) of the rose family that bears raspberries, a sound of contempt made by protruding the tongue between the lips and expelling air forcibly to produce a vibration