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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Berry \Ber"ry\, n.; pl. {Berries}. [OE. berie, AS. berie,
   berige; akin to D. bes, G. beere, OS. and OHG. beri, Icel.
   ber, Sw. b["a]r, Goth. basi, and perh. Skr. bhas to eat.]
   1. Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry,
      huckleberry, etc.

   2. (Bot.) A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent
      throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as
      the currant, grape, blueberry.

   3. The coffee bean.

   4. One of the ova or eggs of a fish. --Travis.

   {In berry}, containing ova or spawn.

Berry \Ber"ry\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Berried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Berrying}.]
   To bear or produce berries.

Berry \Ber"ry\, n. [AS. beorh. See {Barrow} a hill.]
   A mound; a hillock. --W. Browne.

Source : WordNet®

berry
     n 1: any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as
          desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
     2: a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple
        (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or
        raspberry)
     3: United States rock singer (born in 1931) [syn: {Chuck Berry},
         {Charles Edward Berry}]
     v : pick or gather berries; "We went berrying in the summer"
     [also: {berried}]
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