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De - Pt| English Dictionary: berries | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for berries | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Honeyberry \Hon"ey*ber`ry\, n.; pl. {-berries}. The fruit of either of two trees having sweetish berries: (a) An Old World hackberry ({Celtis australis}). (b) In the West Indies, the genip ({Melicocca bijuga}). | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Berry \Ber"ry\, n.; pl. {Berries}. [OE. berie, AS. berie, berige; akin to D. bes, G. beere, OS. and OHG. beri, Icel. ber, Sw. b[84]r, Goth. basi, and perh. Skr. bhas to eat.] 1. Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc. 2. (Bot.) A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as the currant, grape, blueberry. 3. The coffee bean. 4. One of the ova or eggs of a fish. --Travis. {In berry}, containing ova or spawn. | |
