RASPBERRY


Meaning of RASPBERRY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈraz-ˌber-ē, -b(ə-)rē ]

noun

Etymology: English dialect rasp raspberry + English berry

Date: circa 1616

1.

a. : 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

b. : a perennial plant (genus Rubus ) of the rose family that bears raspberries

2.

[short for raspberry tart, rhyming slang for fart ]

: a sound of contempt made by protruding the tongue between the lips and expelling air forcibly to produce a vibration ; broadly : an expression of disapproval or contempt

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