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Berry
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Ber·ry  (b-r)
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.

Ber·ry  (br), Charles Edward Anderson Known as "Chuck." Born 1926.
American guitarist, singer, and songwriter considered among the earliest and most influential rock 'n' roll performers.

ber·ry  (br)
n. pl. ber·ries
1. Botany An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary and having the whole wall fleshy, such as the grape or tomato.
2. A small, juicy, fleshy fruit, such as a blackberry or raspberry, regardless of its botanical structure.
3. Any of various seeds or kernels, as of dried wheat.
4. The small, dark egg of certain crustaceans or fishes.
intr.v. ber·ried, ber·ry·ing, ber·ries
1. To hunt for or gather berries: went berrying in July.
2. To bear or produce berries.

[Middle English berye, from Old English berie; see bh-1 in Indo-European roots.]

berry [ˈbɛrɪ]
n pl -ries
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) any of various small edible fruits such as the blackberry and strawberry
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany an indehiscent fruit with two or more seeds and a fleshy pericarp, such as the grape or gooseberry
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) any of various seeds or dried kernels, such as a coffee bean
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the egg of a lobster, crayfish, or similar animal
vb -ries, -rying, -ried (intr)
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) to bear or produce berries
2. to gather or look for berries
[Old English berie; related to Old High German beri, Dutch bezie]
berried  adj

Berry
n
1. (Biographies) Chuck, full name Charles Edward Berry. born 1926, US rock-and-roll guitarist, singer, and songwriter. His frequently covered songs include ``Maybellene'' (1955), ``Roll over Beethoven'' (1956), ``Johnny B. Goode'' (1958), ``Memphis, Tennessee'' (1959), and ``Promised Land'' (1964)
2. (Biographies / (French)) Jean de France (ʒɑ̃ də frɑ̃s), Duc de. 1340-1416, French prince, son of King John II; coregent (1380-88) for Charles VI and a famous patron of the arts

berry  (br)
1. A simple fruit that has many seeds in a fleshy pulp. Grapes, bananas, tomatoes, and blueberries are berries. Compare drupepome See more at simple fruit.
2. A seed or dried kernel of certain kinds of grain or other plants such as wheat, barley, or coffee.
Usage Cucumbers and tomatoes aren't usually thought of as berries, but to a botanist they are in fact berries, while strawberries and raspberries are not. In botany, a berry is a fleshy kind of simple fruit consisting of a single ovary that has multiple seeds. Other true berries besides cucumbers and tomatoes are bananas, oranges, grapes, and blueberries. Many fruits that are popularly called berries have a different structure and thus are not true berries. For example, strawberries and raspberries are aggregate fruits, developed from multiple ovaries of a single flower. The mulberry is not a true berry either. It is a multiple fruit, like the pineapple, and is made up of the ovaries of several individual flowers.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Berryberry - any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
European blueberry, whortleberry, bilberry - blue-black berries similar to American blueberries
huckleberry - blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States
blueberry - sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high-growing blueberry plants
boxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry, teaberry, wintergreen - spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil
cranberry - very tart red berry used for sauce or juice
lowbush cranberry, mountain cranberry, cowberry, lingonberry - tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller
currant - any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams
blackberry - large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
boysenberry - large raspberry-flavored fruit; cross between blackberries and raspberries
dewberry - blackberry-like fruits of any of several trailing blackberry bushes
loganberry - large red variety of the dewberry
raspberry - red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries
shadberry, juneberry, saskatoon, serviceberry - edible purple or red berries
strawberry - sweet fleshy red fruit
hackberry, sugarberry - small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States
persimmon - orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe
acerola, barbados cherry, West Indian cherry, surinam cherry - acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C
mulberry - sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit of any of several mulberry trees of the genus Morus
berry - a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)
2.berry - a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)
berry - any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
cranberry - very tart red berry used for sauce or juice
baneberry - a poisonous berry of a plant of the genus Actaea
fruit - the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
bacca, simple fruit - an indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e.g. grape; tomato; cranberry
3.Berry - United States rock singer (born in 1931)
Verb1.berry - pick or gather berries; "We went berrying in the summer"
cull, pick, pluck - look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
blackberry - pick or gather blackberries; "The children went blackberrying"
Translations
berry [ˈberɪ] Nbaya f
brown as a berrymorenísimo

berry [ˈbɛri] nbaie f

berry
n
(= fruit)Beere f; as brown as a berry (Brit) → ganz braun gebrannt
(Bot) → Beerenfrucht f

berry [ˈbɛrɪ] nbacca
brown as a berry → abbronzatissimo/a
berry [ˈbɛrɪ] nbacca
brown as a berry → abbronzatissimo/a

berry
n berry [ˈberi]
a kind of small (often juicy) fruit holly berry; ripe strawberries; Those berries are poisonous. bessie ثَمَرَةٌ عِنَبِيَّه дребен безкостилков плод bobule, plod bær die Beere μούρο baya mari میوۀ بی هسته و گوشتالو marja baie תוּת, פֶּטֶל, אוּכמָנִיוֹת וכו' झड़बेरी bobica bogyó sejenis buah ber bacca いちご類 딸기류의 과실 uoga akvifolija, akmeņozols buah beri bes bær jagoda baga boabă ягода bobuľa jagoda bobičavo voće bär ผลเบอร์รี่ küçük taneli meyve 漿果 ягода پیر ، گوندنی قسم کا پھل quả beri 浆果

Berry توت bobule bær Beere μούρο baya marja baie bobica bacca ベリー 베리 bes bær jagoda baga ягода bär ลูกเบอร์รี่เป็นลูกไม้ส่วนใหญ่กินได้และมีลักษณะกลม çalı meyvesi quả mọng 浆果


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