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blackberry

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black·ber·ry  (blkbr)
n.
1. Any of various shrubs of the genus Rubus, having usually prickly stems, compound leaves, and an aggregate fruit of small drupelets.
2. The fruit of these plants, usually black, purple, or deep red.

blackberry [ˈblækbərɪ]
n pl -ries
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called bramble any of several woody plants of the rosaceous genus Rubus, esp R. fruticosus, that have thorny stems and black or purple glossy edible berry-like fruits (drupelets)
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants)
a.  the fruit of any of these plants
b.  (as modifier) blackberry jam
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants)
blackberry lily an ornamental Chinese iridaceous plant, Belamcanda chinensis, that has red-spotted orange flowers and clusters of black seeds that resemble blackberries
vb -ries, -rying, -ried
(intr) to gather blackberries
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.blackberryblackberry - large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
berry - any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
Rubus fruticosus, true blackberry - the true blackberry of Europe as well as any of numerous varieties having sweet edible black or dark purple berries
Rubus ursinus, western blackberry, western dewberry - American blackberry with oblong black fruit
drupelet - a small part of an aggregate fruit that resembles a drupe
2.blackberry - bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle
bramble bush - any prickly shrub of the genus Rubus bearing edible aggregate fruits
Rubus fruticosus, true blackberry - the true blackberry of Europe as well as any of numerous varieties having sweet edible black or dark purple berries
Rubus cuneifolius, sand blackberry - stiff shrubby blackberry of the eastern United States (Connecticut to Florida)
dewberry, dewberry bush, running blackberry - any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America
Rubus ursinus, western blackberry, western dewberry - American blackberry with oblong black fruit
Verb1.blackberry - pick or gather blackberries; "The children went blackberrying"
berry - pick or gather berries; "We went berrying in the summer"
Translations
blackberry [ˈblækbərɪ] N (= fruit) → zarzamora f, mora f; (= plant) → zarza f

blackberry [ˈblækbəri]
nmûre f
modif [jelly] → de mûres; [pie] → aux mûres blackberry bush
blackberry bush nronce f, mûrier m

blackberry [ˈblækbərɪ] nmora (di rovo)
blackberry bush → cespuglio di more
blackberry [ˈblækbərɪ] nmora (di rovo)
blackberry bush → cespuglio di more

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The lane was a very cloistral one, with a ribbon of gravelly road, bordered on each side with a rich margin of turf and a scramble of blackberry bushes, green turf banks and dwarf oak-trees making a rich and plenteous shade.
Don't forgit about the socks and the shirts, child; and I've put a cup of blackberry jam with yer bundle, because I know yeh like it above all things.
      Resembling a couple of blackberry pies.
 
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