raspberryn.adj.
/ˈrɑːzb(ə)ri/, /ˈrazb(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈræzˌbɛri/ A. n.
1. The edible, soft, berry-like fruit of the plant Rubus idaeus and its cultivated varieties, being a compound fruit consisting of many small, typically dark red, drupelets on a conical receptacle from which the ripe fruit is easily detached. Also: the similar fruit of any of several other species of Rubus.Originally the fruit was used chiefly for flavouring wine and other drinks, but later was eaten fresh and used for making preserves, pies, etc.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > raspberry
fryberry?1533
raspis?1533
raspis-berry1534
hindberry1548
rasp1555
framboise1578
raspberry1602
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > raspberry
fryberry?1533
raspis1534
raspis-berry1534
hindberry1548
rasp1555
framboise1578
raspberry1602
1602 J. Brereton Briefe Relation Discouerie Virginia 5 Rasberies, Gooseberies, Hurtleberies, and such.
1603 Lady Hoby Diary 1 Nov. (1930) 208 At this time we had in our gardens Rasberes faire sett againe.
1623 N. H. in R. Whitbourne Disc. New-found-land 114 Cherries, Nuts, Resberries, Strawberries.
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 68 in Sylva Rasberries, Corinths, Straw-berries.
a1756 E. Haywood New Present (1771) 220 To preserve Rasberries. Let your rasberries be large.
1796 H. Hunter London & Environs I. 107 Raspberries, which are raised chiefly for the use of the distillers, and conveyed to London in swing carts.
1817 T. S. Raffles Hist. Java I. 36 The wild raspberry, which is found in the higher regions, is not destitute of flavour.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 81/1 During July cherries are ‘in’ as well as raspberries.
1914 F. E. Fritsch & E. J. Salisbury Introd. Study Plants xxii. 283 The Raspberry and Blackberry..furnish instances of compound fruits..composed of small drupes.
1954 I. Murdoch Under Net vi. 90 In the fridge was salmon, raspberries and considerable quantities of butter, milk and cheese.
1984 J. Frame Angel at my Table (1987) iv. 35 We picked raspberries as we'd been taught, crouched, milking them gently from their stalks, dropping the soft furry blobs into the tin bucket hanging by a cord around our neck.
2005 Allergy Apr. 66/1 (heading) Summer pudding..is a classic English pudding, using summer berries such as redcurrants, raspberries and blackcurrants.
2. The plant Rubus idaeus (family Rosaceae), occurring in Europe, Asia, and North America, which has woody stems (‘canes’) covered with weak prickles, pinnate leaves that are white on the underside, and whitish flowers; (also) any of the numerous cultivars of this plant. Later also (chiefly with distinguishing word): any of several other species of Rubus that produce fruit similar to that of R. idaeus.black, flowering, red, Virginian raspberry: see the first element.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > raspberry bush
raspis-bush?1533
raspis tree?1533
raspis-berry1534
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raspberry1605
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1605 J. Rosier True Relation Voy. G. Waymouth sig. B2v Along the shore and some space within, where the wood hindereth not, grow plentifully: Rasberries. Gooseberries. Strawberries. Roses.
1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια 579 Rubus Idæus, Raspberries.
1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. iii. 307 There are several other Trees and Shrubs which are now in Flower, as..upright sweet Canada Rasberries.
1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia vi. 64 I shall confine myself to native plants... Black raspberries. Rubus occidentalis.
1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 426 The root of the raspberry is considered to be perennial.
1862 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1861: Agric. 166 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (37th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 39) V The Ohio ever-bearing raspberry is not the only one..to produce an autumnal cusp of fruit.
1925 B. D. Drain Ess. Syst. Pomol. xiv. 184 Of all the plant characters, raspberry growers are especially interested in productiveness and hardiness to cold.
1956 E. Gunther tr. A. Krause Tlingit Indians ii. 57 On the mountain slopes are..several kinds of blackberries and raspberries of which Rubus Nutkanus Lindl. has a very tasty and fragrant fruit.
1988 Garden News 3 Sept. 5/1 I usually net my raspberries but the blackbirds still manage to get an amount of the fruit.
2005 Grow your Own Dec. 30/1 Autumn-fruiting raspberries will produce fruit on the current season's growth.
3. A drink made from or flavoured with raspberries; (in early use) raspberry wine. Now chiefly: raspberry cordial or syrup.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > non-grape and home-made wines > [noun] > others
cherry-winea1665
morello winea1665
strawberry winea1665
orange wine1675
raspberry wine1676
birch-wine1681
grape-wine1718
cowslip wine1723
barley wine1728
ginger wine1734
gooseberry1766
raspberry1768
mead-wine1794
parsnip wine1830
milk-wine1837
tea-wine1892
1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man v. 60 A drop..of as pretty rasberry as ever was tipt over tongue.
1853 G. A. Sala in Househ. Words 7 May 240/1 A harmless compound, or temperance cordial called raspberry.
?a1915 in Penguin Bk. Austral. Ballads (1964) v. 119 And we called for rum and raspb'ry and a shilling-each cigar.
1966 G. W. Turner Eng. Lang. in Austral. & N.Z. vi. 116 Maiden's blush (a drink, either of port and lemonade or rum and raspberry).
2003 Marie Claire Dec. 373/1 I knock back two berry reds (double vodka, raspberry and lime) at West End wine bar Noble Rot.
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a. colloquial. A sound made by blowing with the tongue between the lips, suggestive of breaking wind; esp. used as an expression of mockery or contempt. Now frequently in to blow a raspberry.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > action of expressing contempt > vocally > specific utterance
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razoo1888
raspberry1890
razz1917
razzberry1920
Bronx cheer1929
big deal1949
1890 in A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang (1890) II. 171/1 The tongue is inserted in the left cheek and forced through the lips, producing a peculiarly squashy noise that is extremely irritating. It is termed, I believe, a raspberry, and when not employed for the purpose of testing horseflesh, is regarded rather as an expression of contempt than of admiration.
1899 A. M. Binstead Gal's Gossip 144 A loud and offensive noise, like the rending of glazed calico, made by obtruding the wet tongue between the closed lips, and by low cabmen and persons of that class, called a ‘raspberry’, came from the gallery.
1932 A. J. Worrall Eng. Idioms v. 33 As soon as the speaker rose the crowd gave him the raspberry.
1948 Independent Record (Helena, Montana) 2 Dec. 10/2 Paula Grant blew a raspberry off her luscious lips, and made a face.
1960 G. Durrell Zoo in my Luggage vi. 157 To my complete astonishment Minnie responded by..giving a prolonged raspberry of the juiciest variety.
1976 R. Berry Before forever After in A. Richards Penguin Bk. Welsh Short Stories 268 She blew a demure raspberry.
1996 Guardian (Nexis) 3 Dec. 15 This [razz] is a contraction for raspberry, that fruity combination of pursed lips, protruding tongue and outblown breath.
b. figurative. A rejection; an expression of disapproval; a reprimand. Frequently with the.
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the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun] > a denial or refusal
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > instance of
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serve1967
1919 W. A. Lathrop Love Picardy xxiv. 311 She's gave him the raspberry—I've got it so often myself that I know the signs.
1927 Punch 14 Dec. 649/2 I have embodied the above suggestions in a memo, and they are now on their way to the Army Council... They may even be on their way back, with a raspberry from Somebody Very Senior written across the top left-hand corner.
1935 D. Thomas Coll. Lett. (1987) 184 I'm working on a story to be called ‘The Lemon’ which will probably be given the raspberry by every self or public-respecting editor in London.
1942 New Statesman 1 Aug. 75/1 An ordinary reprimand is a raspberry (often referred to by other ranks as a rarzer), which has been adopted from that form of civilian disapproval which one hears in the gallery of a theatre.
1960 O. Manning Great Fortune i. 67 Miller made it! Nice scoop for Miller! And a raspberry for the rest of us.
1992 Economist 6 June 93/1 The EC's plans to introduce an environmental tax..get a unanimous raspberry.
2004 Financial Times (Nexis) 27 July 11 British hospital chains were..given the raspberry by the government last year when it picked foreign rivals to set up a network of fast-track treatment centres.
5. The red colour of a raspberry, varying in shade from pink to crimson.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > other reds
madderOE
stammel colour1567
Paris red1600
strawberry red1675
strawberry1688
cornelian1718
dahlia1846
Pompeian red1868
crushed strawberry1881
wallflower red1883
framboise1895
raspberry1918
1918 F. Crane in E. Traphagen Costume & Illustr. iv. 68/2 We don't say red..any more... This is cerise and those are raspberry, brick dust, cardinal, crushed strawberry, carnation, and..this is sunset pink.
1923 Daily Mail 19 Feb. 15 New tailor-mades of black or navy serge have shawl collars of mattelassé silk in a contrasting colour—raspberry, green, or kingfisher blue.
1972 Vogue Jan. 12/2 The colours..are remarkable—lime and raspberry, lemon, orange, rose.
1997 Sunday Post (Glasgow) 4 May (Mag. section) 49/1 ‘It came out a huge fiery red,’ says Lorna...‘It was a bit harsh so I mixed in some white and rag-rolled it and now we've got this nice washed raspberry instead.’
B. adj.
Of the colour of a raspberry; (variously) red, pink, crimson.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > other reds
strawberry1675
raspberry red1735
pomegranate1844
framboise1904
raspberry1909
sunblush1930
crushed raspberry1931
1909 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 1 Oct. 14/1 (advt.) Superb Dark Raspberry Homespun, silk lined, 43-inch coat and pleated skirt.
1935 Times 2 Oct. 17/4 A raspberry cellophane wrap has been shown over a white and gold lamé gown.
1969 ‘H. Pentecost’ Girl Watcher's Funeral (1970) ii. i. 88 The raspberry dress that clung to her lush figure.
1978 J. Krantz Scruples ii. 24 The floor of the air-conditioned room was covered from one wall to another in thick raspberry carpet.
2003 W. Bell Destroyer of Compasses 137 In the end, she chose a raspberry hat and a pastel blue dress, shoes to match the hat, a silver pendant and ruby earrings.
Compounds
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a. General attributive.† raspberry bitters n. Obsolete
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1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xv. 131 He..drank a glass of raspberry bitters at the Clavering Arms.
raspberry brandy n.
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1695 J. Dennis Let. 5 Nov. in J. Dennis Lett. Several Occasions (1696) 3 Some talk of an Excise upon May-Dew, and Rasberry-Brandy.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 503 They appeared to prefer cherry and rasberry brandy.
1856 Downing's Fruits & Fruit Trees of Amer. (ed. 14) 513 The raspberry..is employed..by distillers for making raspberry brandy, raspberry vinegar, &c.
1991 Food & Wine July 79/2 1 tablespoon raspberry brandy (framboise).
raspberry bush n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > raspberry bush
raspis-bush?1533
raspis tree?1533
raspis-berry1534
raspis1542
rasp1573
raspberry1605
frambousiera1648
mulberry1672
raspberry bush1695
raspberry tree1704
1695 in A. W. C. Hallen Acct. Bk. Sir J. Foulis (1894) 176 Whyt rasberrie bushes.
1733 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. Rubus,..the Bramble or Rasp-berry-bush.
1864 J. T. B. Syme Sowerby's Eng. Bot. (ed. 3) III. 161 Raspberry bushes..bear the finest fruit in a light rich loamy soil.
1970 R. Lowell Notebk. 111 Thirty raspberry bushes stacked on my sundeck.
2007 South Wales Echo (Nexis) 17 Feb. 20 There are some old raspberry bushes that need rescuing.
raspberry cream n.
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1661 W. Rabisha Whole Body Cookery 30 To make Rasberry Cream.
1730 C. Carter Compl. Pract. Cook 186 (heading) For Rasberry Cream.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 46/2 Raspberry cream! Iced raspberry-cream, ha'penny a glass.
1964 Times 29 Feb. 11/4 These offered the guest an assortment of the cream confections then fashionable, such as codlin cream, lemon cream, raspberry cream, and a variety of others.
2007 Sacramento (Calif.) Bee (Nexis) 28 Jan. l8 Swallow that raspberry cream and swear off dark chocolates for the foreseeable future.
raspberry fool n.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > prepared fruit and dishes > [noun] > fool
fool1653
gooseberry fool1653
raspberry fool1728
1728 E. Smith Compl. Housewife (ed. 2) 150 To make Strawberry or Rasp-berry Fool.
1979 Observer 6 May in C. James Crystal Bucket (1981) 184 For the BBC, Frank Bough and his raspberry-fool tie are in position at Guildford.
2003 L. Marshall Girl could stand Up ii. 59 Ajax came pirouetting from our kitchen with a dessert of raspberry fool held on high.
raspberry jelly n.
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1710 W. Salmon Family Dict. (ed. 4) Rasberry-Gelly.
1847 S. Rutledge Carolina Housewife §9 xv. 118 Beat the whites of eight eggs to a thick froth; add six table-spoonfuls of raspberry-jelly.
1998 Church Times 3 Apr. 10/4 For dairy-less Lenten days, you can serve rhubarb rather beautifully in a sugar-free raspberry jelly.
raspberry juice n.
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1661 W. Rabisha Whole Body Cookery 216 A quarter of a pinte of Raspberry-juice.
1736 N. Bailey Dict. Domesticum at Raspberry Wine To every quart of raspberry juice allow a pint of water.
1890 Saxe's Guide or Hints to Soda Water Dispensers 40 The combination of the raspberry juice with the orange extract makes the finest flavored orange phosphate in the world.
1996 Sunday Tel. 4 Feb. (Mag. section) 41/1 Modernists prefer their Burgundy neat: pale stuff that tastes of raspberry juice.
raspberry noyau n.
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1899 E. Nesbit Treasure Seekers xiv. 262 And we got hardbake and raspberry noyau and peppermint rock.
1913 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. I. i. vii. 103 Richer boys emerged from the tuckshop, sucking gelatines and satin pralines and chocolate creams and raspberry noyau.
1963 C. Mackenzie My Life & Times II. 135 A small boy tried to make up his mind whether he would invest a penny in a bar of raspberry, or greengage, or apricot noyau... Noyau was a second-best to nougat.
raspberry pie n.
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1828 E. Leslie Seventy-five Receipts 25 Raspberry and apple-pies are much improved by..pouring in a little cream.
1927 Jrnl. Farm Econ. 9 212 I ate a good square meal and topped it off with as good a piece of raspberry pie as I ever ate.
1988 Yankee June 96/2 (caption) Raspberry Pie: marrying berries to pastry.
raspberry roll n.
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1868 A. D. Whitney Patience Strong's Outings xii. 138 I..made her give up..the special raspberry-roll for dinner.
1908 ‘O. Henry’ Voice of City 218 She was eating the last spoonful of a raspberry roll with Burgundy sauce.
2002 Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minnesota) 2 June 1 g With freshly made doughnuts, raspberry rolls and bags of cashew crunch, we drove up to Wildcat Mountain State Park.
raspberry seed n.
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1841 M. Edgeworth Let. 23 Mar. (1971) 590 Dr. Lindley..saw that they were raspberry seeds and he put them in ground and they..have grown to real raspberry bushes.
1931 Times 16 Nov. 9/2 When people see a lot of seeds in the jam, and these seeds resemble raspberry seeds..they think the jam is full of raspberries.
1995 C. Bateman Divorcing Jack xviii. 161 He started picking at a raspberry seed jammed between his front teeth.
raspberry syrup n.
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1710 W. Salmon Family Dict. (ed. 4) Rasberry-Syrup.
1876 Manufacturer & Builder Apr. 86/2 It can be administered in wine or raspberry syrup, in doses of 10 to 15 drops once a day, and is highly recommended in cases of smallpox.
1973 G. Pinsent Rowdyman 54 They had all (about six of them) had a glass of raspberry syrup apiece, then passed around the boots, caps, musical instruments.
raspberry wine n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > non-grape and home-made wines > [noun] > others
cherry-winea1665
morello winea1665
strawberry winea1665
orange wine1675
raspberry wine1676
birch-wine1681
grape-wine1718
cowslip wine1723
barley wine1728
ginger wine1734
gooseberry1766
raspberry1768
mead-wine1794
parsnip wine1830
milk-wine1837
tea-wine1892
1676 J. Beale Let. Mar.–Apr. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1986) XII. 232 I have often drank a Raspberry-wine, much different, and far more excellent than any of the mixtures, with Syrrup of Respberries, or any of the ordinary infusions.
1727 R. Bradley Country Housewife 115 To make Rasberry Wine.
1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 215/2 Raspberry-wine is much used in Poland.
1992–3 Newfoundland Q. Winter 3/1 He played in kitchens and clubs in communities up and down the Northern Peninsula while people danced the jigs and reels and drank homemade raspberry wine and spruce beer.
b. Parasynthetic and similative, as raspberry-scented, raspberry-flavoured, etc., adjs.
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1821 T. F. Dibdin Bibliographical Antiquarian & Picturesque Tour France & Germany III. xl. 193 He has tasted the raspberry-flavoured soufflet of the White Stag of Ulm.
1838 C. G. F. Gore Rose Fanciers' Man. ii. 375 Raspberry-scented China Rose.
1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) II. 46/1 Long, narrow, champagne glasses, holding a raspberry coloured liquid, frothed up exceedingly.
1894 J. Brown Forester (ed. 6) II. 501 Acacia acuminata, ‘Jam’ or Raspberry scented acacia.
1936 Winnipeg (Manitoba) Free Press 14 Nov. 38/5 (advt.) Dainty raspberry shaped candy drops, delightfully fruit flavored.
1952 Burlington Mag. Dec. (end matter) (advt.) A raspberry-coloured coat falls from her shoulders.
1990 Friends of Wine Spring 35/1 At its best these full-bodied, raspberry scented wines are richly concentrated with flavors of ripe fruit.
1996 Mail on Sunday 28 Apr. (You Mag.) 68/2 (advt.) Calcia also gives you the choice of easy-to-swallow or pleasant chewable raspberry flavoured tablets.
C2. † raspberry apple n. Obsolete rare a variety of apple having the flavour of raspberries.† raspberry lid n. Obsolete rare an eyelid exhibiting red, granular lesions (probably as a result of trachoma).
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > apple > [noun] > eating-apple > types of
costardc1390
bitter-sweet1393
Queening?1435
richardine?1435
blaundrellc1440
pear apple1440
tuberc1440
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birtle1483
deusan1570
apple-john1572
Richard1572
lording1573
greening1577
queen apple1579
peeler1580
darling1584
doucin1584
golding1589
puffin1589
lady's longing1591
bitter-sweeting1597
pearmain1597
paradise apple1598
garden globe1600
gastlet1600
leather-coat1600
maligar1600
pome-paradise1601
French pippin1629
gillyflower1629
king apple1635
lady apple1651
golden pippin1654
goldling1655
puff1655
cardinal1658
green fillet1662
chestnut1664
cinnamon apple1664
fenouil1664
go-no-further1664
Westbury apple1664
seek-no-farther1670
nonsuch1676
calville1691
passe-pomme1691
fennel apple1699
queen1699
genet1706
fig-apple1707
oaken pin1707
nonpareil1726
costing1731
monstrous reinette1731
Newtown pippin1760
Ribston1782
Rhode Island greening1795
oslin1801
fall pippin1803
monstrous pippin1817
Newtown Spitzenburg1817
Gravenstein1821
Red Astrachan1822
Tolman sweet1822
grange apple1823
orange pippin1823
Baldwin1826
Sturmer Pippin1831
Newtowner1846
Northern Spy1847
Blenheim Orange1860
Cox1860
McIntosh Red1876
Worcester1877
raspberry apple1894
delicious1898
Laxton's Superb1920
Macoun1924
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > apple > eating-apple > types of
costardc1390
bitter-sweet1393
pippin?1435
pomewater?1435
Queening?1435
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sweeting1530
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greening1577
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doucin1584
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puffin1589
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pearmain1597
paradise apple1598
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gastlet1600
leather-coat1600
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pomeroy1600
short-start1600
jenneting1601
pome-paradise1601
russet coat1602
John apple1604
honey apple1611
honeymeal1611
musk apple1611
short-shank1611
spice apple1611
French pippin1629
king apple1635
lady apple1651
golden pippin1654
goldling1655
puff1655
cardinal1658
renneting1658
green fillet1662
chestnut1664
cinnamon apple1664
fenouil1664
go-no-further1664
reinetting1664
Westbury apple1664
seek-no-farther1670
nonsuch1676
white-wining1676
russet1686
calville1691
fennel apple1699
queen1699
genet1706
fig-apple1707
oaken pin1707
musk1708
nonpareil1726
costing1731
monstrous reinette1731
Newtown pippin1760
Ribston1782
Rhode Island greening1795
oslin1801
wine apple1802
fall pippin1803
monstrous pippin1817
Newtown Spitzenburg1817
Gravenstein1821
Red Astrachan1822
Tolman sweet1822
grange apple1823
orange pippin1823
Baldwin1826
wine-sap1826
Jonathan1831
Sturmer Pippin1831
rusty-coat1843
Newtowner1846
Northern Spy1847
Cornish gilliflowerc1850
Blenheim Orange1860
Cox1860
nutmeg pippin1860
McIntosh Red1876
Worcester1877
raspberry apple1894
delicious1898
Laxton's Superb1920
Melba apple1928
Melba1933
Mutsu1951
Newtown1953
discovery1964
1894 Daily News 5 Oct. 5/2 The raspberry-apple, or pomme framboise, attracted the attention of gardeners, amateur and professional.
raspberry beetle n. any of various small beetles of the genus Byturus (family Byturidae), which are pests of raspberries; esp. the yellowish-brown B. tomentosus, the adult of which feeds on the flower buds of raspberries and the larva on the growing fruit.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > member of family Byturidae
raspberry beetle1871
raspberry fruitworm1924
1871 Amer. Naturalist 4 Index 773/2 Raspberry beetle. [The name does not occur in the text of the article.]
1884 E. A. Ormerod Rep. Observ. Injurious Insects 65 A small brown Beetle..proved to be the ‘Raspberry Beetle’,..which was causing fearful havoc and entirely devouring the Raspberries.
1959 E. F. Linssen Beetles Brit. Isles II. 23 [Byturus] This genus includes a well-known pest of raspberries, loganberries and blackberries, commonly referred to as the Raspberry Beetle.
2006 Daily Mail (Nexis) 25 Mar. (Weekend section) 76 Rake the mulch to one side in November to let the birds eat any pupae of the raspberry beetle.
raspberry cane n. a cultivated raspberry plant.
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1825 Times 30 Nov. 4 (advt.) Raspberry canes, superior rhubarb plants, strawberry plants, sweet briars, etc. which will be put in lots suitable for the trade and others.
1951 C. Beaton Diary 28 July in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xvii. 231 I go into the raspberry canes and I imagine I'm in the jungle, and I bend my body and it gives me such a feeling of freedom.
2005 Church Times 15 Apr. 29/4 I am no more than a tie-backer of raspberry canes.
raspberry drop n. a small, hard, raspberry-flavoured sweet.
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1718 Mrs. Mary Eales's Receipts 18 (heading) To make Rasberry-Drops.
1897 ‘S. Grand’ Beth Bk. iii. 21 Give me a ha'porth..of raspberry drops.
1939–40 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 52/2 Boiled sweets..Raspberry drops.
1999 L. Mason Sweets & Sweet Shops 18 The counter bristled with glass jars of boiled sweets, black jacks, humbugs, pear-drops, aniseed balls, raspberry drops, acid drops, pepper-mints and chlorodyne lozenges.
raspberry fruitworm n. either of two North American raspberry beetles, Byturus bakeri and B. rubi; the larva of either of these.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > member of family Byturidae
raspberry beetle1871
raspberry fruitworm1924
1924 Ann. Rep. Connecticut Agric. Exper. Station 91 The Raspberry Fruit Worm or Raspberry Beetle has long been known as a pest of red raspberries in the United States.
1945 L. Pyenson Pest Control in Home Garden vii. 122 The formula used in these two sprays controls the raspberry fruit worm.
1982 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 19 Sept. 51 The Royalty Purple-Red Raspberry, said to produce large berries of high quality and to be immune..to the raspberry fruitworm.
raspberry jam n. (a) jam made from raspberries; (b) = raspberry jam tree n.; (also) the wood of this.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > preserve > [noun] > jam
strawberry jam1523
raspberry jam1719
jam1736
strawberry1890
Murrumbidgee jam1901
1719 M. Kettilby Coll. above 300 Receipts (ed. 2) ii. 35 Rasberry Jamm... You are to infuse your Rasberries as before, but must be very careful to pick your Fruit from the dead and maggotty ones.
1865 J. E. Tenison-Woods Hist. Discov. & Exploration Austral. II. 68 The other trees beside the palm were known to the men by colonial appellations, such as the bloodwood and the raspberry-jam.
a1894 R. L. Stevenson In South Seas (1896) i. iii. 26 The unconscious babe struggled to reach a pot of raspberry jam.
1979 J. Birmingham et al. Austral. Pioneer Technol. 33 Wandoo and an acacia known as ‘raspberry jam’ were good fencing timbers in Western Australia.
1997 Shetland Times 20 June 14/2 We had an international meal—kippers from Shetland, waffles with egg, brown cheese and raspberry jam with sour cream from Norway.
raspberry jam tree n. now rare the Australian tree Acacia acuminata, having wood that smells of raspberries.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Australasian
tallow-tree1704
rata1773
rosewood1779
red mahogany1798
ironbark1799
wild orange1802
red gum1803
rewarewa1817
red cedar1818
black-butted gum1820
Huon pine1820
miro1820
oak1821
horoeka1831
hinau1832
maire1832
totara1832
blackbutt1833
marri1833
raspberry jam tree1833
kohekohe1835
puriri1835
tawa1839
hickory1840
whau1840
pukatea1841
titoki1842
butterbush1843
iron gum1844
York gum1846
mangeao1848
myall1848
ironheart1859
lilly-pilly1860
belah1862
flindosa1862
jarrah1866
silky oak1866
teak of New South Wales1866
Tolosa-wood1866
turmeric-tree1866
walking-stick palm1869
tooart1870
queenwood1873
tarairi1873
boree1878
yate1880
axe-breaker1884
bangalay1884
coachwood1884
cudgerie1884
feather-wood1884
forest mahogany1884
maiden's blush1884
swamp mahogany1884
tallow-wood1884
teak of New Zealand1884
wandoo1884
heartwood1885
ivorywood1887
Jimmy Low1887
Burdekin plum1889
corkwood1889
pigeon-berry ash1889
red beech1889
silver beech1889
turnip-wood1891
black bean1895
red bean1895
pinkwood1898
poplar1898
rose mahogany1898
quandong1908
lancewood1910
New Zealand honeysuckle1910
Queensland walnut1919
mahogany gum1944
Australian mahogany1948
1833 Perth Gaz. 10 May 283 The acacia, called from the smell of the wood, raspberry-jam tree.
1896 Australasian 15 Feb. 313 The raspberry-jam-tree is so called on account of the strong aroma of raspberries given out when a portion is broken.
1944 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 7 Feb. 12/4 Australian trees provide wood of many sorts of color and hardness, and indeed smell—witness the raspberry jam tree.
raspberry kidney n. Pathology rare (now disused) a diseased kidney having a red, granular surface somewhat resembling that of a raspberry (probably as a result of arteriolar nephrosclerosis).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > glandular disorders > [noun] > disorders of kidneys > other kidney disorders
Bright's disease1830
pyelonephritis1839
nephropyosis1848
hydronephrosis1849
nephrocele1849
nephroplegy1857
pyonephrosis1867
suet affection1886
nephrosclerosis1890
nephroptosis1892
raspberry kidney1897
wandering kidney1897
hypernephroma1900
nephrosis1900
Wilms('s) or (erroneously) Wilm's tumour1910
nephrotic syndrome1931
glomerulosclerosis1936
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 334 That condition known as red granular kidney, or raspberry kidney, which occurs in middle-aged people.
1904 Lancet 6 Aug. 354/1 The granular kidney, or as it is preferable to call it the red granular kidney or raspberry kidney, is such a very definite renal lesion, presenting but little variation in the different specimens which we see.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > other disorders of eyelids
ptilosis1684
trachoma1684
helosis1706
ptosis1710
blepharoptosis1807
symblepharon1819
raspberry lid1869
blepharospasm1872
sago-grain1873
gumming1874
Stellwag's sign1887
tylosis1890
cycloplegia1902
1869 Eng. Mech. & Mirror Sci. 3 Dec. 271/2 The lids are covered with hard granulations which are termed the ‘raspberry lid’.
raspberry red n. (a) n. a red colour resembling that of a raspberry; = sense A. 5; (b) adj. of this colour.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > other reds
strawberry1675
raspberry red1735
pomegranate1844
framboise1904
raspberry1909
sunblush1930
crushed raspberry1931
1735 J. Barrow Dict. Polygraphicum I. at Flesh Colour, (heading) Another incarnate or Flesh colour, called a raspberry red.
1825 R. Welbank Pract. Comm. Present Knowl. Treatm. Syphilis 35 The primary sore assumed a raspberry-red and transparent tint, disposed to cicatrization.
1886 Science 30 Apr. 399/2 It has a yellow grass-green color by daylight, but changes to a raspberry-red by artificial light.
1926 Westm. Gaz. 10 Mar. 7/3 Raspberry red strasse (a sort of waxed straw) was made into rosettes for a trimming on one black frock.
1983 S. Plant tr. M. Moser Keys to Agarics & Boleti 28 Hymenophore cinnamon-orange to carmine or raspberry red.
1996 Pract. Gardening June 102 (advt.) Distinctive and unusual damask rose of milky white, outer petals blushed with raspberry red.
raspberry tart n. (a) a tart filled with raspberries; (b) [rhyming slang] the heart (now rare); (c) [rhyming slang] a fart.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > tart > [noun] > types of tart
rastona1450
taffety tart1651
raspberry tart1696
feuillantine1706
mazarine1706
cowslip tart1723
Bakewell tart1876
nut tart1886
sweetheart1888
Linzertorte1906
nusstorte1911
kolach1918
quiche1925
pissaladière1931
shoo-fly pie1935
Bakewell1950
tarte Tatin1951
gypsy tart1955
1696 W. Salmon Family-dict. (ed. 2) Raspberry Tart.
1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. Ff3 (heading) To make a Rasberry Tart.
1750 D. Garrick Let. 22 June (1963) I. 150 My Lord Laydale..had Eaten..Macaroni, Omlett & Rasberry tart.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lvi. 506 A taste..for hard bake and raspberry tarts.
1859 Household Encycl. (at cited word) Raspberry Tart with cream.
1892 Sporting Times 29 Oct. 1/2 Then I sallied forth with a careless air, And contented raspberry tart.
1902 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang V. 375/2 Raspberry-tart..2. (rhyming).—The heart; and (3) a fart.
1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren i. 9 Breaking wind was, at one time, by the process of rhyming slang, known as a ‘raspberry tart’.
1980 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 24 Oct. c20/3 Raspberry tart, enough for two, came in a circle of chewy puff pastry with fresh raspberries inside.
2003 B. Dojny & M. Barnard Flash in Pan 134 This special supper needs an extraordinary dessert, so go all out and get a raspberry tart from the bakery.
raspberry tree n. now rare (a) = sense A. 2; (b) any of various tropical trees resembling raspberry in some way.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > raspberry bush
raspis-bush?1533
raspis tree?1533
raspis-berry1534
raspis1542
rasp1573
raspberry1605
frambousiera1648
mulberry1672
raspberry bush1695
raspberry tree1704
1704 tr. O. Rudbeck Journey into Lapland in tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 3 The thorny red and white Rasberry-trees.
1765 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 140/2 Some rasberry trees in perfect leaf.
1865 Times 5 Apr. 11/5 The defendant, annoyed at being obliged to leave, in November cut down about 70 large fruit trees, 300 gooseberry and currant trees, and 225 raspberry trees.
1927 R. Wright Hawkers & Walkers iv. 69 The Perpetual Raspberry Tree, imported from Indies producing a fruit large as an egg, taste[sic] delicious, 3 kinds, red, violet, and white.
1937 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 13 Oct. 15/3 Raspberry trees bearing luscious fruit are also to be found in the garden.
2003 Phillipine Daily Inquirer (Nexis) 5 May 2 Raspberry trees, or what Reyes refers to as ‘lollipop’ trees, dot the landscape.
raspberry vinegar n. a drink made from or flavoured with raspberries, sugar, and vinegar; (now chiefly) vinegar made from raspberries.
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1714 C. J. Sprengnell in Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 139 Sprinkled with Rasberry-Vinegar.
1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 215/2 Raspberry-vinegar is not only an agreeable beverage, but is said to act as a febrifuge.
1874 ‘M. Harland’ Common Sense in Househ. 495 Raspberry Vinegar, put the raspberries into a stone vessel and mash them to a pulp. Add cider-vinegar—no specious imitation, but the genuine article—enough to cover it well... A most refreshing and pleasant drink.
1907 F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (ed. 2 reissued) I. 9 The fruit syrups, raspberry vinegar, home-made wines..were important drinks when tea, coffee and chocolate were unknown.
1960 J. J. Rowlands Spindrift 55 That was the era of raspberry vinegar, lemonade, and homemade root beer.
1976 Times 5 Feb. 17/7 Raspberry vinegar, £1.30 for a 36cl bottle.
1999 BBC Vegetarian Good Food Apr. 17/2 If you're serving it as a side salad, try it with a simple dressing of one part raspberry vinegar to three parts olive oil.
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1882 All Year Round 29 July 5/2 Cocoa, a cup for a penny..and gingerette and raspberryette, and new milk, Zoedone, and so forth.
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Oct. 12/1 Mixtures known as gingerette, raspberryette, and peppermint.
ˈraspberry-like adj.
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1773 in J. Clark Observ. Dis. Long Voy. i. i. 18 The infection..made its appearance in the form of ulcers; warts and raspberry-like excrescences.
1853 F. Humphreys Dysentery 13 This layer..is swelled to a raspberry-like appearance.
1894 Daily News 5 Oct. 5/2 It has a raspberry-like taste.
1999 Independent (Nexis) 12 Dec. 5 Zinfandel grapes, which produce powerful, warming, raspberry-like reds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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