Blackberry vs. Boysenberry

Blackberrynoun

A fruit-bearing shrub of the species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.

Blackberrynoun

The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.

Blackberrynoun

The blackcurrant.

Blackberryverb

To gather or forage for blackberries.

Blackberrynoun

The fruit of several species of bramble (Rubus); also, the plant itself. Rubus fruticosus is the blackberry of England; Rubus villosus and Rubus Canadensis are the high blackberry and low blackberry of the United States. There are also other kinds.

Blackberrynoun

large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus

Blackberrynoun

bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle

Blackberryverb

pick or gather blackberries;

Blackberry

The blackberry is an edible fruit produced by many species in the genus Rubus in the family Rosaceae, hybrids among these species within the subgenus Rubus, and hybrids between the subgenera Rubus and Idaeobatus. The taxonomy of blackberries has historically been confused because of hybridization and apomixis, so that species have often been grouped together and called species aggregates.

Boysenberrynoun

A hybrid berry created from crossing blackberry, red raspberry, and loganberry.

Boysenberrynoun

a cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a raspberrylike flavor.

Boysenberrynoun

a large raspberry-flavored bramble fruit; a cross between blackberries and raspberries.

Boysenberrynoun

cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberries

Boysenberrynoun

large raspberry-flavored fruit; cross between blackberries and raspberries

Boysenberry

The boysenberry is a cross among the European raspberry (Rubus idaeus), European blackberry (Rubus fruticosus), American dewberry (Rubus aboriginum), and loganberry (Rubus × loganobaccus).It is a large 8.0-gram (0.28 oz) aggregate fruit, with large seeds and a deep maroon color.