Dictionary:
Rubus
n.
[L.]
(Bot.) A genus of rosaceous plants, including the raspberry and blackberry.
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Gardener's Dictionary:
Rubus
The botanical name for raspberry, blackberry, and other bramble fruits.
WordNet:
Rubus
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
large genus of brambles bearing berries
Synonym: genus Rubus
Wikipedia:
Rubus
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 Rubus fruticosus
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Rubus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae. These plants have prickles like roses and are often called brambles; this name is most often used for the blackberry and similar fruits that are also of rambling habit, and not used for those like the raspberry that grow as upright canes. Their fruit, called bramble fruit, is an aggregate of drupelets.
- Rubus idaeus – Raspberry
- Rubus occidentalis – Black Raspberry
- Rubus fruticosus agg. – Blackberry
- Rubus chamaemorus – Cloudberry
- Rubus phoenicolasius – Wineberry
- Rubus spectabilis – Salmonberry
- Rubus caesius – Dewberry
- Rubus parviflorus – Thimbleberry
- Rubus arcticus – Arctic Raspberry
- Rubus odoratus – Flowering Raspberry
- Rubus leucodermis – Whitebark Raspberry or Western Raspberry
- Rubus saxatilis – Stone Bramble
- and many more (see below)
The genus also includes numerous hybrids, both natural, and bred by man, such as Loganberry (Rubus × loganobaccus).
- See also: List of Lepidoptera which feed on Rubus
Scientific classification
The genus Rubus is a very complex one, containing 13 subgenera, the largest of which, subgenus Rubus, is further subdivided into 12 sections:
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 | Dictionary. Webster 1913 Dictionary edited by Patrick J. Cassidy Read more |
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| Gardener's Dictionary. Taylor's Dictionary for Gardeners, by Frances Tenenbaum. Copyright © 1997 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| Word Tutor. Copyright © 2004-present by eSpindle Learning, a 501(c) nonprofit organization. All rights reserved. eSpindle provides personalized spelling and vocabulary tutoring online; free trial. Read more |
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| WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Rubus". Read more |
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