red raspberry

noun

1

: a raspberry plant with red fruit: such as

a

: a European bramble (Rubus idaeus) with red or sometimes yellow fruit

b

: a North American bramble (R. strigosus) with red fruit

c

: any of various cultivated raspberry plants that have red fruit and have been derived from the European or American red raspberry by selection or breeding

2

: the fruit of a red raspberry

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