Description : What distinguishes the blackberry from its raspberry relatives is whether or not the torus (receptacle or stem) "picks with" (i.e., stays with) the fruit. When picking a blackberry fruit, the torus stays with the fruit. With a raspberry, the torus remains on the plant, leaving a hollow core in the raspberry fruit. The term thistle, a word meaning any impervious shrubbery, has in certain circles generally been applied explicitly to the blackberry or its items, however in the United States it applies to all individuals from the class Rubus. In little pieces of the western US, the term caneberry is utilized to allude to blackberries and raspberries as a gathering instead of the term brier. Briar or brier is additionally once in a while used to allude to the plant, however this name is utilized for other prickly bushes (like Smilax) also. The typically dark organic product isn't a berry in the herbal feeling of ...