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black·ber·ry
(blăk′bĕr′ē)n.
1. Any of various shrubs of the genus Rubus in the rose family, 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.
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blackberry
(ˈblækbərɪ)n, pl -ries
1. (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. (Plants)
a. the fruit of any of these plants
b. (as modifier): blackberry jam.
3. (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 or -ried
(intr) to gather blackberries
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black•ber•ry
(ˈblækˌbɛr i, -bə ri)n., pl. -ries.
1. the black or dark purple fruit of certain brambles belonging to the genus Rubus, of the rose family.
2. a plant bearing blackberries.
[before 1000]
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blackberry
Past participle: blackberried
Gerund: blackberrying
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| Noun | 1. |  blackberry - large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubusberry - 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 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 receptaclebramble 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 | |
| Verb | 1. |  blackberry - pick or gather blackberries; "The children went blackberrying"berry - pick or gather berries; "We went berrying in the summer" |
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ostružinaBlackBerry
brombærBlackBerry
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szeder
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검은딸기블랙베리
robidnica
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โทรศัพท์มือถือยี่ห้อหนึ่งลูกเบอร์รี่สีดำ
điện thoại BlackBerryquả mâm xôi
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