Meaning of BLACKBERRY
| Pronunciation: | | 'blak`beree
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- [n] large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
- [n] bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle
- [v] pick or gather blackberries; "The children went blackberrying"
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| | Synonyms: | | blackberry bush |
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| | See Also: | | berry, berry, bramble bush, dewberry, dewberry bush, drupelet, Rubus cuneifolius, Rubus fruticosus, Rubus fruticosus, Rubus ursinus, Rubus ursinus, running blackberry, sand blackberry, true blackberry, true blackberry, western blackberry, western blackberry, western dewberry, western dewberry | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Black"ber*ry\ (bl[a^]k"b[e^]r*r[y^]), n. [OE.
blakberye, AS. bl[ae]cberie; bl[ae]c black + berie berry.]
The fruit of several species of bramble ({Rubus}); also, the
plant itself. {Rubus fruticosus} is the blackberry of
England; {R. villosus} and {R. Canadensis} are the high
blackberry and low blackberry of the United States. There are
also other kinds.
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