A blackberry is a small, soft black or dark purple fruit.
blackberry in British English
(ˈblækbərɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-ries
1. Also called: bramble
any of several woody plants of the rosaceous genus Rubus, esp R. fruticosus, that have thorny stems and black or purple glossy edible berry-like fruits (drupelets)
2.
a.
the fruit of any of these plants
b.
(as modifier)
blackberry jam
3. blackberry lily
verbWord forms: -ries, -rying or -ried
4. (intransitive)
to gather blackberries
BlackBerry in British English
or Blackberry
noun
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blackberry in American English
(ˈblækˌbɛri; ˈblækbəri)
nounWord forms: pluralˈblackˌberries
1.
the fleshy, purple or black, edible aggregate fruit of various brambles (genus Rubus) of the rose family