By Richard Nordquist. Definition: The use of one object or action (a symbol) to represent or suggest something else. Broadly, the term symbolism may refer to symbolic meaning or the practice of investing things with a symbolic meaning. See also: 1  Metaphor.
Cultivated raspberries are classified as red, black, purple, or yellow. 1  Red raspberries are by far the most common type grown in the United States. 2  Purple raspberries are fairly disease- and insect-resistant, and show some promise for the mountain and piedmont regions of North Carolina. more information...
North Carolina Official State Red and Blue Berries. North Carolina designated the strawberry (genus fragaria) as the official red berry and blueberry (genus vaccinium) as the state blue berry in 2001. Both berries are grown throughout North Carolina and consumers can pick their own berries at farms from one end of the state to the other.