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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Blackberry \Black"ber*ry\ (bl[a^]k"b[e^]r*r[y^]), noun [OE. blakberye, AS. bl[ae]cberie; bl[ae]c black + berie berry.] The fruit of several species of bramble ({Rubus}); also, the plant itself. {Rubus fruticosus} is the blackberry of England; {Rubus villosus} and {Rubus Canadensis} are the high blackberry and low blackberry of the United States. There are also other kinds.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
blackberry
noun
1: large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
2: bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle [syn: {blackberry bush}]
verb: pick or gather blackberries; "The children went blackberrying" [also: {blackberried}]
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