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raspberry | fruit |

As nouns the difference between raspberry and fruit

is that raspberry is the plant rubus idaeus or raspberry can be (pejorative|colloquial) a noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence, made by blowing air out of the mouth while the tongue is protruding from and pressed against the lips, or by blowing air through the lips while they are pressed firmly together or against skin, used humorously or to express derision while fruit is (botany) the seed-bearing part of a plant, often edible, colourful/colorful and fragrant, produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.

As verbs the difference between raspberry and fruit

is that raspberry is to gather or forage for or raspberry can be (colloquial) to make the noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence while fruit is to produce fruit.

As an adjective raspberry

is containing or having the flavor/flavour of raspberries.

raspberry

Etymology 1

From earlier raspis berry'', possibly from ''raspise'' (a sweet rose-colored wine), from Anglo-(etyl) ''vinum raspeys , of uncertain origin.

Noun

(raspberries)
  • The plant Rubus idaeus .
  • Any of many other (but not all) species in the genus Rubus .
  • The juicy aggregate fruit of these plants.
  • A (colour) red colour, the colour of a ripe raspberry.
  • Derived terms
    * black raspberry * raspberry vinegar * Scotland raspberry
    Synonyms
    * (obsolete) hindberry

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Containing or having the flavor/flavour of raspberries.
  • Of a dark pinkish red.
  • She wore a raspberry beret'' — lyrics of ''Raspberry Beret , by the musician

    Verb

  • To gather or forage for .
  • * 1903 , M. E. Waller, A Daughter of the Rich , Little, Brown, and Company (1903), page 137:
  • * 1917 , Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams , Chapter 37:
  • "Owen and she went raspberrying in the woods back of her farm," answered Anne. "They won't be back before supper time—if then."
  • * 1944 , Cornelius Weygandt, The Heart of New Hampshire: Things Held Dear by Folks of the Old Stocks , G. P. Putnam's Sons (1944), page 129:
  • Mrs. Thrifty was picking pie cherries, two boys were raspberrying , and the fourth son, as I recall it, blueberrying.
  • * 1976 , Emily Ward, The Way Things Were: An Autobiography of Emily Ward , Newport Press (1976), page 4:
  • My mother told my sister Sally and me that if we were good little girls we might go raspberrying up on the mountains when the raspberries were ripe.
  • * 1988 , Charles McCarry, The Bride of the Wilderness , MysteriousPress.com (2011), ISBN 9781453232521, unnumbered page:
  • In strawberry time she had seen individual bears grazing in the meadows along the bluff, and later, while raspberrying , she heard one gobbling fruit and snorting on the other side of the bush.

    See also

    * * boysenberry * loganberry * salmonberry * tayberry * thimbleberry * whitebark raspberry

    Etymology 2

    Cockney rhyming slang raspberry tart'', for ''fart . However raspberry is rarely used for a fart, merely a noise which imitates it.

    Noun

    (raspberries)
  • (pejorative, colloquial) A noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence, made by blowing air out of the mouth while the tongue is protruding from and pressed against the lips, or by blowing air through the lips while they are pressed firmly together or against skin, used humorously or to express derision.
  • Synonyms
    * (noise) Bronx cheer (US), razz
    Derived terms
    * to blow a raspberry

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (colloquial) To make the noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence.
  • Cockney rhyming slang

    fruit

    English

    (wikipedia fruit)

    Noun

    (see for discussion of plural )
  • (botany) The seed-bearing part of a plant, often edible, colourful/colorful and fragrant, produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.
  • While cucumber is technically a fruit , one would not usually use it to make jam.
  • Any sweet, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit, even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or sweetish vegetables, such as rhubarb, that resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were a fruit.
  • Fruit salad is a simple way of making fruits into a dessert.
  • An end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or advantageous result.
  • His long nights in the office eventually bore fruit when his business boomed and he was given a raise.
  • * Shakespeare
  • the fruit of rashness
  • * Bible, Isaiah iii. 10
  • They shall eat the fruit of their doings.
  • * Macaulay
  • The fruits of this education became visible.
  • Offspring from a sexual union.
  • The litter was the fruit of the union between our whippet and their terrier.
  • * Shakespeare
  • King Edward's fruit , true heir to the English crown
  • (colloquial, derogatory, dated) A homosexual or effeminate man.
  • Usage notes

    * In the botanical and figurative senses, is usually treated as uncountable: *: a bowl of fruit'''''; ''eat plenty of '''fruit'''''; ''the tree provides '''fruit . * is also sometimes used as the plural in the botanical sense: *: berries, achenes, and nuts are all fruits'''''; ''the '''fruits of this plant split into two parts. * When is often used as a singulative. * In senses other than the botanical or figurative ones derived from the botanical sense, the plural is fruits. * The culinary sense often does not cover true fruits that are savoury or used chiefly in savoury foods, such as tomatoes and peas. These are normally described simply as vegetables.

    Derived terms

    * bear fruit * fruitcake * fruit cocktail * fruit of one's loins * * fruit of the union * fruitage * fruitarian * fruitful * fruitless * fruit salad * fruit tree * fruity * grapefruit * jackfruit * passion fruit * Sharon fruit * star fruit, starfruit * stone fruit

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To produce fruit.
  • See also

    * for a list of fruits