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Definition of Berry
1. Noun. Any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves.
Generic synonyms: Edible Fruit
Specialized synonyms: Bilberry, European Blueberry, Whortleberry, Huckleberry, Blueberry, Boxberry, Checkerberry, Spiceberry, Teaberry, Wintergreen, Cranberry, Cowberry, Lingonberry, Lowbush Cranberry, Mountain Cranberry, Currant, Blackberry, Boysenberry, Dewberry, Loganberry, Raspberry, Juneberry, Saskatoon, Serviceberry, Shadberry, Strawberry, Hackberry, Sugarberry, Persimmon, Acerola, Barbados Cherry, Surinam Cherry, West Indian Cherry, Mulberry
Specialized synonyms: Bilberry, European Blueberry, Whortleberry, Huckleberry, Blueberry, Boxberry, Checkerberry, Spiceberry, Teaberry, Wintergreen, Cranberry, Cowberry, Lingonberry, Lowbush Cranberry, Mountain Cranberry, Currant, Blackberry, Boysenberry, Dewberry, Loganberry, Raspberry, Juneberry, Saskatoon, Serviceberry, Shadberry, Strawberry, Hackberry, Sugarberry, Persimmon, Acerola, Barbados Cherry, Surinam Cherry, West Indian Cherry, Mulberry
2. Verb. Pick or gather berries. "In the summer they like to go out and berry"; "We went berrying in the summer"
3. Noun. A small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry).
4. Noun. United States rock singer (born in 1931).
Definition of Berry
1. n. Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc.
2. v. i. To bear or produce berries.
3. n. A mound; a hillock.
Definition of Berry
1. to produce berries (fleshy fruits) [v -RIED, -RYING, -RIES]
Medical Definition of Berry
1. A fleshy or pulpy indehiscent fruit with the seed embedded in the fleshy tissue of the pericarp. Compare: drupe, pyrene. (09 Oct 1997)