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Berry : (noun)
1: any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as
desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
2: a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple
(grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or
raspberry)
3: United States rock singer (born in 1931) [syn: Berry, Chuck
Berry, Charles Edward Berry]
(verb)
1: pick or gather berries; "We went berrying in the summer"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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["a]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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Berry : \Ber"ry\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Berried; p. pr. & vb. n.
Berrying.]
To bear or produce berries.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Berry : \Ber"ry\, n. [AS. beorh. See Barrow a hill.]
A mound; a hillock. --W. Browne.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Berry, AL (town, FIPS 5932)
Location: 33.66318 N, 87.60769 W
Population (1990): 1218 (527 housing units)
Area: 29.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 35546
Berry, IL
Zip code(s): 62563
Berry, KY (city, FIPS 5968)
Location: 38.52039 N, 84.38421 W
Population (1990): 240 (103 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 41003
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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