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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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[aum]r, Goth. basi, and perh. Skr. bhas to eat.]
1. Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry,
huckleberry, etc.
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2. (Bot.) A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent
throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as
the currant, grape, blueberry.
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3. The coffee bean.
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4. One of the ova or eggs of a fish. --Travis.
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{In berry}, containing ova or spawn.
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