Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Blackberry"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blackberry \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
blackberry
n 1: large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit
of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
2: bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that
usually do not separate from the receptacle [syn: {blackberry
bush}]
v : pick or gather blackberries; "The children went
blackberrying"
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