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raspberry noun (raspberries) 1 the cone-shaped berry made up of several usually reddish, but also black or pale yellow, drupelets each of which contains a single seed. 2 the plant which produces this berry, a deciduous shrub which has upright thorny canes and is cultivated in Europe and N America. 3 a a sound expressing disapproval or contempt, made by blowing through the lips. b slang a refusal or a rebuke. adj 1 like the red colour of a raspberry, ie varying from pale to deep bluish-pink. 2 made with or from raspberries. blow a raspberry to make a raspberry (sense 3a) sound.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c.
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