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English noun: blackberry

1. blackberry (food) large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus


Broader (hypernym)berry, drupelet


Part meronymRubus fruticosus, Rubus ursinus, true blackberry, western blackberry, western dewberry

2. blackberry (plant) bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle


Synonymsblackberry bush


Broader (hypernym)bramble bush


Narrower (hyponym)dewberry, dewberry bush, Rubus cuneifolius, Rubus fruticosus, Rubus ursinus, running blackberry, sand blackberry, true blackberry, western blackberry, western dewberry


English verb: blackberry

1. blackberry (contact) pick or gather blackberries


SamplesThe children went blackberrying.


ExamplesIn the summer they like to go out and blackberry


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Broader (hypernym)berry









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