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berry definition

berry (berē)

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

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Berry definition

Berry or Berri Berri′ (be rē)

historical region in central France: chief city, Bourges

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