HyperDic: blackberry

English > 3 senses of the word blackberry:
NOUNfoodblackberrylarge sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
plantblackberry, blackberry bushbramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle
VERBcontactblackberrypick or gather blackberries
blackberry > pronunciation
Soundsblae'kbeh.riy
Rhymesaccusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy...
English > blackberry: 3 senses > noun 1, food
Meaninglarge sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus.
Part oftrue blackberry, Rubus fruticosusThe true blackberry of Europe as well as any of numerous varieties having sweet edible black or dark purple berries
western blackberry, western dewberry, Rubus ursinusAmerican blackberry with oblong black fruit
BroaderberryAny of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits
drupeletA small part of an aggregate fruit that resembles a drupe
Spanishmora, zarzamora
Catalanmora, móra, móra negra
Verbsblackberrypick or gather blackberries
English > blackberry: 3 senses > noun 2, plant
Meaningbramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle.
Synonymblackberry bush
Narrowerdewberry, dewberry bush, running blackberryAny of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America
sand blackberry, Rubus cuneifoliusStiff shrubby blackberry of the eastern United States (Connecticut to Florida)
true blackberry, Rubus fruticosusThe true blackberry of Europe as well as any of numerous varieties having sweet edible black or dark purple berries
western blackberry, western dewberry, Rubus ursinusAmerican blackberry with oblong black fruit
Broaderbramble bushAny prickly shrub of the genus Rubus bearing edible aggregate fruits
Spanishzarza
Catalanesbarzer
English > blackberry: 3 senses > verb 1, contact
Meaningpick or gather blackberries.
PatternSomebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
ModelIn the summer they like to go out and blackberry
Example"The children went blackberrying"
Broaderberrypick or gather berries
Spanishbuscar moras
Nounsblackberrylarge sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus

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