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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Berry \Ber"ry\, noun; 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Berry \Ber"ry\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Berried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Berrying}.] To bear or produce berries.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Berry \Ber"ry\, noun [AS. beorh. See {Barrow} a hill.] A mound; a hillock. --W. Browne.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
berry
noun
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}]
verb: pick or gather berries; "We went berrying in the summer" [also: {berried}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
114 Moby Thesaurus words for "berry": Catawba, Persian melon, Valencia orange, acorn, akee, alligator pear, ananas, apple, apricot, avocado, banana, bearberry, bilberry, bird seed, blackberry, cacao, candleberry, canistel, cantaloupe, capulin, casaba, checkerberry, cherimoya, cherry, citrange, citron, citrus, citrus fruit, civet fruit, crab apple, cranberry, currant, custard apple, damson, date, dewberry, elderberry, feijoa, fig, flaxseed, fruit, gooseberry, grain, grape, grapefruit, guanabana, guava, hayseed, honeydew, huckleberry, icaco, ilama, imbu, jaboticaba, jackfruit, jujube, kernel, kumquat, lemon, lime, lingonberry, linseed, litchi, loganberry, loquat, mammee apple, mandarin orange, mango, mangosteen, manzanilla, marang, mayapple, medlar, melon, mulberry, muscadine, muscat, muscatel, muskmelon, navel orange, nectarine, nut, nutmeg melon, olive, orange, papaw, papaya, passion fruit, peach, pear, persimmon, pineapple, pip, pippin, pit, plantain, plum, plumcot, pomegranate, prune, quince, raisin, rambutan, raspberry, red currant, seed, stone, strawberry, sugar apple, sugarplum, sweetsop, tangelo, tangerine, ugli fruit
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Berry, AL (town, FIPS 5932) Location: 33.66318 N, 87.60769 W Population (1990): 1218 (527 housing units) Area: 29.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35546 Berry, IL Zip code(s): 62563 Berry, KY (city, FIPS 5968) Location: 38.52039 N, 84.38421 W Population (1990): 240 (103 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 41003
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Berry, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama Population (2000): 1238 Housing Units (2000): 574 Land area (2000): 11.177100 sq. miles (28.948554 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.005802 sq. miles (0.015028 sq. km) Total area (2000): 11.182902 sq. miles (28.963582 sq. km) FIPS code: 05932 Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01 Location: 33.657836 N, 87.606084 W ZIP Codes (1990): 35546 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Berry, AL Berry
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Berry, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky Population (2000): 310 Housing Units (2000): 124 Land area (2000): 0.271264 sq. miles (0.702571 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.271264 sq. miles (0.702571 sq. km) FIPS code: 05968 Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21 Location: 38.520401 N, 84.384576 W ZIP Codes (1990): 41003 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Berry, KY Berry
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