Complete Definition of "berry"

English
Image:Berries (USDA ARS).jpg|thumb|right|Baskets of various berries.

Etymology
Old English berige|beriġe, from Germanic *basjon (apparently �grape�), of unknown ultimate origin. Cognate with Dutch bes, German Beere.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�b�ri/
AHD|b�'ri, SAMPA|/"bEri/
:Homophones: bury
audio|en-us-berry.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�ri|-�ri

Noun
en-noun|berr|ies

  1. A small fruit, of any one of many varieties.
  2. A soft fruit which develops from a superior ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits.

Derived terms
top4
apple-berry
Avignon berry
baneberry
barberry
bayberry
bearberry
beautyberry
the berries
berry alder
berry-bearing alder
berry-button
berrying
berryless
berry sugar
berry wax
bilberry, billberry
blackberry
blaeberry
blueberry
boxberry
boysenberry
bramberry
brambleberry
bread-berry
buckthorn berry
buffalo berry, buffalo-berry, buffaloberry
bulberry, bullberry, bull berry
bunchberry
candleberry
cassioberry
checker-berry, checkerberry
China-berry, chinaberry
choke-berry, chokeberry
Christmas berry
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cloudberry
coffee-berry
coral-berry, coralberry
cow-berry, cowberry
crackerberry
cranberry
crowberry
cubeb berry
curlew-berry
dabbery, dayberry, deberry
deerberry
dew-berry, dewberry
dangleberry, tangleberry
dingleberry
dogberry
dway-berry
egg-berry
elderberry
farkleberry
feaberry
fen-berry
foxberry
French berry
fryberry
gallberry
gooseberry
guavaberry
hackberry, hagberry, heckberry, hegberry
heath-berry
hedge-berry, hedgeberry
heurtleberry, hurtleberry
hindberry
honeyberry
hound-berry, hound's-berry
huckleberry
hurtleberry
mid4
ink-berry, inkberry
ivenberry, ivy-berry
Juneberry
knotberry, knoutberry
lemonade berry
lingberry, lingenberry, lingonberry
logan berry, loganberry
marionberry
marlberry
moss-berry, mossberry
mulberry
myrtle-berry
nannyberry
naseberry
nessberry
nub-berry
one-berry
oso-berry
partridge berry, partridge-berry, partridgeberry
peaberry
Persian berry
pigeon-berry
poison berry
pokeberry
quinsy-berry
raccoon-berry, racoon-berry
ramble-berry
raspberry
Rhein-berry
riberry
roan-berry, rowan-berry
roebuck-berry
rumberry
mid4
salal berry
salmon berry, salmonberry
scald-berry
sea-berry
service-berry, serviceberry
shadberry
sheepberry
silverberry
snowberry
soapberry
sparkleberry
spiceberry
strawberry
sugar berry, sugar-berry, sugarberry
sunberry

tayberry
tea-berry, teaberry
tetter-berry
thimbleberry
timberry
tummelberry
twinberry
veitchberry
wax-berry, waxberry
wheat berry
whinberry
whortleberry
wickeyberry tree
wineberry
winterberry
wolfberry
wonderberry
Worcesterberry
yellow berry
youngberry

Translations

Chinese: ZHchar|��
Dutch: bes f
Esperanto: bero
Finnish: marja
French: baie f
German: Beere f
Hebrew: :he:�ר�ר|�ר�ר /gargar/
Interlingua: baca
Italian: bacca f, coccola f
Japanese: ��� (berī)
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Korean: �기 (ttalgi), �과 (漿�, janggwa)
Latin: baca f
Latvian: oga f
Lithuanian: uoga f
Polish: jagoda f
Portuguese: baga f
Russian: :ry:�года|�года /yagoda/
Scottish Gaelic: dearc(ag) f, sùbh m, sùgh m
Slovene: jagoda f
Spanish: baya f
Swedish: bär n

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