Blackberry

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blackberry \Black"ber*ry\ (bl[a^]k"b[e^]r*r[y^]), n. [OE.
     blakberye, AS. bl[ae]cberie; bl[ae]c black + berie berry.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  blackberry
       n 1: large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit
            of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
       2: bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that
          usually do not separate from the receptacle [syn: {blackberry
          bush}]
       v : pick or gather blackberries; "The children went
           blackberrying"
       [also: {blackberried}]