noun pl. berries -·ries

1. any small, juicy, fleshy fruit, as a strawberry or raspberry
2. the dry seed or kernel of various plants, as a coffee bean or wheat grain
3. an egg of a lobster, crayfish, etc.
4. Bot. a fleshy fruit with a soft wall and thin skin, as the tomato, grape, or cranberry

Etymology: ME & OE berie, a berry, grape, akin to ON ber, Goth weina-basi, lit., wine berry

intransitive verb berried -·ried, berrying -·ry·ing

1. to produce berries
2. to look for and pick berries