berry
A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.
Other meanings
A soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits.
One of the ova or eggs of a fish or crustacean.
A kind of
- edible fruit
Kinds of berry
- blueberry
- cranberry
- mountain cranberry
- blackberry
- raspberry
- serviceberry
- strawberry
- mulberry
Word history
From Old English "berġe".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “berry” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.