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blackberry
noun black·ber·ry \ˈblak-ˌber-ē, -ˈbe-rē\
: a black or dark purple berry that is sweet and juicy; also : the plant that blackberries grow on
Full Definition of BLACKBERRY
1
: the usually black or dark purple juicy but seedy edible aggregate fruit of various brambles (genus Rubus) of the rose family
2
: a plant that bears blackberries
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First Known Use of BLACKBERRY
before 12th century
Rhymes with BLACKBERRY
baneberry, barberry, bayberry, bearberry, bilberry, black cherry, blaeberry, blueberry, Bradbury, bunchberry, Burberry, canary, chokeberry, chokecherry, cloudberry, contrary, costmary, cowberry, cranberry, crowberry, deerberry, equerry, gooseberry, ground-cherry, hackberry, Hail Mary, inkberry, Juneberry, knobkerrie, library, mulberry, nondairy, pokeberry, primary, raspberry, rosemary, scalare, shadberry, snowberry, soapberry, strawberry, summary, sweet cherry, teaberry, tilbury, tooth fairy, twinberry, unwary, vagary, wheat berry, wolfberry, youngberry
BLACKBERRY Defined for Kids
blackberry
noun black·ber·ry \ˈblak-ˌber-ē\
plural black·ber·ries
Definition of BLACKBERRY for Kids
: the black or dark purple sweet juicy berry of a prickly plant related to the raspberry
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