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berry

Pronunciation: /ˈbɛri/

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Definition of berry

noun (plural berries)

  • 1a small roundish juicy fruit without a stone:juniper berries
  • Botany any fruit that has its seeds enclosed in a fleshy pulp, for example a banana or tomato.
  • 2any of various kernels or seeds, such as the coffee bean.
  • 3a fish egg or roe of a lobster or similar creature.

verb

[no object] (usually as noun berrying)
  • gather berries.

Derivatives

berried

adjective
[often in combination]:red-berried elder trees

Origin:

Old English berie, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bes and German Beere

Spelling rule

Make the plural of words that end in a consonant plus -y by changing the -y to -ies: (berries).

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