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...
â Caneberries is the general term for Rubus spp., which are commonly called raspberries and. blackberries. When picked, raspberries leave the receptacle behind resulting in a cup-shaped. fruit. On the other hand, blackberries retain the receptacle within the fruit and the fruit are not. cup-shaped. Raspberries are in Rubus subgenus Idaeobatus and blackberries are in the subgenus. Eubatus. There are also hybrids between raspberries and blackberries such as loganberry, boysenberry, and ollalieberry (5). In this profile raspberries, blackberries, and hybrids are. considered together except where noted. Where they are separated, raspberries are one group and. blackberries and hybrids are another group.