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   raspberry

   /ˈrɑːzb(ə)ri/

   noun

   • 1. an edible soft fruit related to the blackberry, consisting of a cluster of reddish-pink drupelets.
   • 2. the plant which yields the raspberry, forming tall stiff prickly stems or ‘canes’.
   • 3. a deep reddish-pink colour: "a raspberry tweed jacket"
   • 4. a sound made with the tongue and lips, expressing derision or contempt: informal "Clare blew a raspberry"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from dialect rasp, abbreviation of obsolete raspis ‘raspberry’ (also used as a collective), of unknown origin, + berry.

   Scrabble Points: 16

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