2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Honeyberry \Hon"ey*ber`ry\, n.; pl. {-berries}. The fruit of either of two trees having sweetish berries: (a) An Old World hackberry ({Celtis australis}). (b) In the West Indies, the genip ({Melicocca bijuga}). [Webster 1913 Suppl.] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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[aum]r, Goth. basi, and perh. Skr. bhas to eat.] 1. Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as the currant, grape, blueberry. [1913 Webster] 3. The coffee bean. [1913 Webster] 4. One of the ova or eggs of a fish. --Travis. [1913 Webster] {In berry}, containing ova or spawn. [1913 Webster]
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