GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Berry (>), n.; pl. Berries. [OE. berie, AS. berie, berige; akin to D. bes, G. beere, OS. and OHG. beri, Icel. ber, Sw. bär, Goth. basi, and perh. Skr. bhas to eat.]
1. Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc.
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2. (Bot.) A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as the currant, grape, blueberry.
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3. The coffee bean.
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4. One of the ova or eggs of a fish. Travis.
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In berry, containing ova or spawn.
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Berry, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Berried (>); p. pr. & vb. n. Berrying.] To bear or produce berries.
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Berry, n. [AS. beorh. See Barrow a hill.] A mound; a hillock. W. Browne.
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