n. A fruit-bearing shrub of the species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.
n. The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.
n. The blackcurrant.
v. To gather or forage for blackberries.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The fruit of several species of bramble (Rubus); also, the plant itself. Rubus fruticosus is the blackberry of England; Rubus villosus and Rubus Canadensis are the high blackberry and low blackberry of the United States. There are also other kinds.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The fruit of those species of Rubus in which the receptacle becomes juicy and falls off with the drupelets, in distinction from the raspberry.
n. In some parts of England, the black currant, Ribes nigrum.
n.
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n. bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle
n. large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
v. pick or gather blackberries
Word Usage
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