Blackberry - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Blackberry : (noun)
1: large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
2: bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle [syn: blackberry bush] (verb)

1: pick or gather blackberries; "The children went blackberrying"

Based on WordNet 2.0

Blackberry : \Black"ber*ry\ (bl[a^]k"b[e^]r*r[y^]), n. [OE. blakberye, AS. bl[ae]cberie; bl[ae]c black _ berie berry.] The fruit of several species of bramble ({Rubus); also, the plant itself. Rubus fruticosus is the blackberry of England; R. villosus and R. Canadensis are the high blackberry and low blackberry of the United States. There are also other kinds.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)