Definition of
Berry
- (noun, food) any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
- (noun, person) United States rock singer (born in 1931)
- (noun, plant) a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)
- (verb, contact) pick or gather berries
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Synonyms of Berry
Alternate forms of Berry
Derivations: berry
Hyponyms: acerola, bacca, baneberry, barbados cherry, bilberry, blackberry, blueberry, boxberry, boysenberry, checkerberry, cowberry, cranberry, currant, dewberry, european blueberry, hackberry, huckleberry, juneberry, lingonberry, loganberry, lowbush cranberry, mountain cranberry, mulberry, persimmon, raspberry, saskatoon, serviceberry, shadberry, simple fruit, spiceberry, strawberry, sugarberry, surinam cherry, teaberry, west indian cherry, whortleberry, wintergreen
Hypernyms: cull, edible fruit, fruit, pick, pluck
Origin of the word Berry
- O.E. berie, a word that perhaps meant "grapes" at first, from P.Gmc. *basjom (cf. O.N. ber, M.Du. bere, Ger. beere), of unknown origin. This and apple are the only native fruit names. more
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