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Processing of this berry also allows the concentration of the most nutritive parts of the berry, as much of the berry is actually inedible and must be separated and discarded.

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  1. noun Botany An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary and having the whole wall fleshy, such as the grape or tomato.
  2. noun A small, juicy, fleshy fruit, such as a blackberry or raspberry, regardless of its botanical structure.
  3. noun Any of various seeds or kernels, as of dried wheat.
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  • Finally, this berry is also able to increase the metabolism.
  • The most useful form of this berry is the fresh supply of it. —  ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds
  • About 90 percent of the berry is an inedible pit; the rest is skin and a small amount of pulp, which can only be preserved and distributed to San Diego if it's freeze-dried. —  The Daily Aztec RSS
  • As more and more people discover all that this berry is able to do, there are increasing numbers of reports of new benefits of using this plant.
  • Combine this with the berry's ability to reduce inflammation thanks to its oleic acids, and this berry is a very powerful contributor to better cardiovascular health.
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  1. Middle English berye, from Old English berie; see bhā-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also berrie, from Middle English bery, berie, from Anglo-Saxon berie, berige = Old Saxon beri (in wīnberi, grape) = Middle Dutch bere, also beze, Dutch bezie, bes = Middle Low German bere = Old High German beri, Middle High German bere, ber, German beere = Icelandic ber = Swedish bär = Danish bær = Gothic (Moesogothic) basi (in weinabasi = Old Saxon wīnberi = Anglo-Saxon wīnberie, ‘wine-berry,’ grape) (neuter and feminine forms mixed), a berry. Origin unknown; by some referred to the root of bare, as if the ‘bare’ or ‘uncovered’ fruit.
  2. from berry, n.
  3. Early modern English also berye, berie, from Middle English berghe, berze (properly dative), a barrow: see barrow.
  4. English dial., from late Middle English bery: see burrow.
  5. English dial. and Scots, from Middle English beryen, berien, from Anglo-Saxon *berian (only in past participle gebered) = Old High German berja, Middle High German berren, beren = Icelandic berja = Latin ferire (later ult. English ferule, interfere), strike.
  6. Also berrie; a corrupt form of perrie, pirrie: see pirrie.
 

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