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A berry is a small fruit that you can eat. (noun)

An example of a berry is a strawberry.

Berry means a dried seed or kernel of certain plants like coffee or wheat. (noun)

An example of a berry is a single grain of wheat.

To berry means to create a soft, fleshy fruit. (verb)

An example of to berry is a plant making fruit in the spring.

To berry means to look for and pick small berries. (verb)

An example of to berry is to go pick blackberries when they are growing wild.

See berry in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. berries

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

intransitive verb berried, berrying

to produce berries
to look for and pick berries

Related Forms:

berrylike adjective

or Berri

historical region in central France: chief city, Bourges

See berry in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(bĕrˈē)

noun pl. ber·ries

Botany An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary and having the whole wall fleshy, such as the grape or tomato.
A small, juicy, fleshy fruit, such as a blackberry or raspberry, regardless of its botanical structure.
Any of various seeds or kernels, as of dried wheat.
The small, dark egg of certain crustaceans or fishes.

intransitive verb ber·ried, ber·ry·ing, ber·ries

To hunt for or gather berries: went berrying in July.
To bear or produce berries.

(bĕ-rēˈ)

A historical region and former province of central France. Purchased by the French crown in 1101, it became an independent duchy in 1360 and reverted to the crown in 1601.

(bĕrˈē), Charles Edward Anderson Known as “Chuck.” Born 1926.

American guitarist, singer, and songwriter considered among the earliest and most influential rock 'n' roll performers.

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