BOYSENBERRY

 Dictionary entry overview: What does boysenberry mean? 

• BOYSENBERRY (noun)
  The noun BOYSENBERRY has 2 senses:

1. cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberries
2. large raspberry-flavored fruit; cross between blackberries and raspberries

  Familiarity information: BOYSENBERRY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOYSENBERRY (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

boysenberry; boysenberry bush

Hypernyms ("boysenberry" is a kind of...):

Rubus ursinus; western blackberry; western dewberry (American blackberry with oblong black fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "boysenberry"):

boysenberry (large raspberry-flavored fruit; cross between blackberries and raspberries)

Meaning:

Large raspberry-flavored fruit; cross between blackberries and raspberries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("boysenberry" is a kind of...):

berry (any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves)

Holonyms ("boysenberry" is a part of...):

boysenberry; boysenberry bush (cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberries)