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Noun: blackberry  'blak,be-ree [N. Amer], blak-bu-ree [Brit]
  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
    - blackberry bush
Verb: blackberry  'blak,be-ree [N. Amer], blak-bu-ree [Brit]
  1. Pick or gather blackberries
    "The children went blackberrying"
Noun: BlackBerry  'blak,be-ree [N. Amer], blak-bu-ree [Brit]
  1. (trademark) a handheld wireless device supporting email, web browsing, text messaging, etc.

Derived forms: blackberried, blackberries, blackberrying

Type of: berry, bramble bush, drupelet

Part of: Rubus fruticosus, Rubus ursinus, true blackberry, western blackberry, western dewberry

Encyclopedia: Blackberry Blackberry, Indiana Blackberry, Virginia

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