Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Botany An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary and having the whole wall fleshy, such as the grape or tomato.
- n. A small, juicy, fleshy fruit, such as a blackberry or raspberry, regardless of its botanical structure.
- n. Any of various seeds or kernels, as of dried wheat.
- n. The small, dark egg of certain crustaceans or fishes.
- v. To hunt for or gather berries: went berrying in July.
- v. To bear or produce berries.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In botany: In ordinary use, any small pulpy fruit, as the huckleberry, strawberry, blackberry, mulberry, cheekerberry, etc., of which only the first is a berry in the technical sense.
- n. Technically, a simple fruit in which the entire pericarp is fleshy, excepting the outer skin or epicarp, as the banana, tomato, grape, currant, etc.
- n. The dry kernel of certain kinds of grain, etc., as the berry of wheat and barley, or the coffee-berry. See cut under wheat.
- n. Something resembling a berry, as one of the ova or eggs of lobsters, crabs, or other crustaceans, or the drupe of Rhamnus infectorius, used in dyeing.
- To bear or produce berries.
- To gather berries: as, to go berrying.
- n. A mound; a barrow.
- n. A burrow, especially a rabbit's burrow.
- n. An excavation; a military mine.
- To beat; give a beating to.
- To thresh (grain, etc.).
- n. A gust of wind.
Wiktionary
- n. A small fruit, of any one of many varieties.
- n. A soft fruit which develops from a superior ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits.
- v. To pick berries.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc.
- n. A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as the currant, grape, blueberry.
- n. The coffee bean.
- n. One of the ova or eggs of a fish.
- v. To bear or produce berries.
- n. A mound; a hillock.
WordNet 3.0
- v. pick or gather berries
- n. any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
- n. United States rock singer (born in 1931)
- n. a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)
Etymologies
- Middle English berye, from Old English berie; see bhā-1 in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“The name refers to a berry called _t'kwa′ma_, and means "_like that berry_.”
“Though the term berry has a precise botanical definition, in common usage it generally refers to small fruits borne on bushes and low plants, not trees.”
Simon & Schuster: On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
“Berries: raspberries, blueberries, cranberries, blackberries, anything with the word berry at the end of it.”
“A muskeg berry is a bit of seed enclosed in a bit of water.”
“That and the botanical fact that the modern berry is a descendant of the diminutive and enchanting wild bilberry of British heath and moor – a forager's fruit – and one that deserves every bit of praise we can throw at it.”
“Mixed berry is my favorite, though really, I love almost any pie!”
Apples & Leaves Pie Top Cutter and a Giveaway! | Baking Bites
“Seconds of silence passed before she fished the berry from the ice water with her tongs, then motioned for Jisuk to extend his hand.”
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“Bron's remarks on the feeding habits of bears in berry season seem acute, though we don't have 'em in the Lone Star State.”
“F. t – jan berry is female …. .just so you know! on May 7, 2010 at 6: 05 pm Stripeyrat”
“Several Chinese studies indicate the goji berry is a rich source of antioxidants and components of the berry have the ability to stop the growth of cancer cells and reduce blood glucose and cholesterol levels.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘berry’.
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