Western Blackberry (Noun)
Meaning
American blackberry with oblong black fruit.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The western blackberry produces edible but not particularly palatable fruits that are oblong in shape and black in color when ripe.
- In terms of genetic analysis the western blackberry more precisely matches the American blackberry in that it has a broader more arching canespan.
- Typically found in fencerows the western blackberry is a frequent host for the destructive Blackberry Crown Borer insect.
- Like many bramble species the western blackberry produces thorny primocanes in the first year followed by usually unbranched flordoing tips the following year.
- A deciduous shrub or trailing perennial the western blackberry is prized by wildlife for its succulent black fruit that ripens mid to late summer in many locations.