Blackberry
['blækb(ə)rɪ] or ['blæk'bɛri]
Definition
(noun.) large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus.
(noun.) bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle.
(verb.) pick or gather blackberries; 'The children went blackberrying'.
Inputed by Dustin--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
Typed by Betsy
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of blackberries denotes many ills. To gather them is unlucky. Eating them denotes losses.
Typist: Mabel
Examples
- You are worse than Dancer, worse than Hopkins, worse than Blackberry Jones, worse than any of the wretches. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Three months (you must not come for less) of this delicious climate--all sunshine, and grapes as common as blackberries, would quite cure her. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- What are White Blackberries Like? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- However, I kept this up for a long time, and in addition bought butter from the farmers along the line, and an immense amount of blackberries in the season. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The accompanying illustrations show some remarkable white blackberries which have been developed by the great horticulturist, Luther Burbank of California. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Edited by Christine