Main Entry:

ru·bus

Pronunciation:

\ˈrü-bəs\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural rubus

Etymology:

New Latin, from Latin, blackberry

Date:

15th century

: any of a genus (Rubus) of plants (as a blackberry or a raspberry) of the rose family with leaves that typically have three to seven leaflets or that are simple and lobed, white or pink flowers, usually prickly stems, and a mass of carpels ripening into an aggregate fruit composed of many drupelets