Berry

8 definitions found

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.
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     2. (Bot.) A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent
        throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as
        the currant, grape, blueberry.
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     3. The coffee bean.
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     4. One of the ova or eggs of a fish. --Travis.
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     {In berry}, containing ova or spawn.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Berry \Ber"ry\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Berried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Berrying}.]
     To bear or produce berries.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Berry \Ber"ry\, n. [AS. beorh. See {Barrow} a hill.]
     A mound; a hillock. --W. Browne.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  berry
       n 1: any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as
            desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
       2: a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple
          (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or
          raspberry)
       3: United States rock singer (born in 1931) [syn: {Chuck Berry},
           {Charles Edward Berry}]
       v : pick or gather berries; "We went berrying in the summer"
       [also: {berried}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  114 Moby Thesaurus words for "berry":
     Catawba, Persian melon, Valencia orange, acorn, akee,
     alligator pear, ananas, apple, apricot, avocado, banana, bearberry,
     bilberry, bird seed, blackberry, cacao, candleberry, canistel,
     cantaloupe, capulin, casaba, checkerberry, cherimoya, cherry,
     citrange, citron, citrus, citrus fruit, civet fruit, crab apple,
     cranberry, currant, custard apple, damson, date, dewberry,
     elderberry, feijoa, fig, flaxseed, fruit, gooseberry, grain, grape,
     grapefruit, guanabana, guava, hayseed, honeydew, huckleberry,
     icaco, ilama, imbu, jaboticaba, jackfruit, jujube, kernel, kumquat,
     lemon, lime, lingonberry, linseed, litchi, loganberry, loquat,
     mammee apple, mandarin orange, mango, mangosteen, manzanilla,
     marang, mayapple, medlar, melon, mulberry, muscadine, muscat,
     muscatel, muskmelon, navel orange, nectarine, nut, nutmeg melon,
     olive, orange, papaw, papaya, passion fruit, peach, pear,
     persimmon, pineapple, pip, pippin, pit, plantain, plum, plumcot,
     pomegranate, prune, quince, raisin, rambutan, raspberry,
     red currant, seed, stone, strawberry, sugar apple, sugarplum,
     sweetsop, tangelo, tangerine, ugli fruit
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Berry, AL (town, FIPS 5932)
    Location: 33.66318 N, 87.60769 W
    Population (1990): 1218 (527 housing units)
    Area: 29.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 35546
  Berry, IL
    Zip code(s): 62563
  Berry, KY (city, FIPS 5968)
    Location: 38.52039 N, 84.38421 W
    Population (1990): 240 (103 housing units)
    Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 41003

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Berry, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama
     Population (2000):    1238
     Housing Units (2000): 574
     Land area (2000):     11.177100 sq. miles (28.948554 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.005802 sq. miles (0.015028 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    11.182902 sq. miles (28.963582 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            05932
     Located within:       Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
     Location:             33.657836 N, 87.606084 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     35546
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Berry, AL
      Berry
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Berry, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
     Population (2000):    310
     Housing Units (2000): 124
     Land area (2000):     0.271264 sq. miles (0.702571 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.271264 sq. miles (0.702571 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            05968
     Located within:       Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
     Location:             38.520401 N, 84.384576 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     41003
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Berry, KY
      Berry