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Definition of BlackBerry

1. Verb. Pick or gather blackberries. "In the summer they like to go out and BlackBerry"; "The children went blackberrying"

2. Noun. Large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus.

3. Noun. Bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle.

Definition of BlackBerry

1. n. The fruit of several species of bramble (Rubus); also, the plant itself. Rubus fruticosus is the blackberry of England; R. villosus and R. Canadensis are the high blackberry and low blackberry of the United States. There are also other kinds.

Definition of BlackBerry

1. Proper noun. (telephony computer hardware trademark) A smartphone brand. The brand name of a wireless handheld device, a cross between a cellphone and a mobile email appliance and Internet-capable PDA, by w:Research in Motion Research in Motion (RIM) or by extension similar apparatus made by competitors. ¹

2. Noun. A fruit-bearing shrub of the genus ''Rubus''. ¹

3. Noun. The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets. ¹

4. Noun. In some parts of England, the blackcurrant. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of BlackBerry

1. [n -BERRIES]

Medical Definition of BlackBerry

1. The fruit of several species of bramble (Rubus); also, the plant itself. Rubus fruticosus is the blackberry of England; R. Villosus and R. Canadensis are the high blackberry and low blackberry of the United States. There are also other kinds. Origin: OE. Blakberye, AS. Blaecerie; blaec black + berie berry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of BlackBerry

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blackband blackbands blackbeetle blackberries blackberry blackberry-lily blackberry bush blackberrying blackberrylike blackbird

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Literary usage of BlackBerry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals of the Liverpool Stage: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by R. J. Broadbent (1908)
"The theatre was situated on the left-hand side of Blackberry Lane, ... Blackberry Lane was afterwards called William Street, and is now known as Eberle ..."

2. The Boston Cooking School Magazine of Culinary Science and Domestic Economics by Mass Boston Cooking School (Boston, Boston Cooking School (Boston, Mass.) (1914)
"A Blackberry Dessert and Its Many Variations By Jessamine Chapman DURING the ... As a basis for a long list of gelatine desserts a plain blackberry jelly ..."

3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"BlackBerry. A name applied to various species of Rubus, of which the receptacle remains with the drupelets when fruit is picked. As a commercial fruit, ..."

4. Sketch of the Evolution of Our Native Fruits by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1898)
"The High-bush Blackberry and its Kin The commonest blackberry of North America ... It is often known as the "high-bush blackberry." The particular marks of ..."

5. Manual of Fruit Diseases by Lexemuel Ray Hesler, Herbert Hice Whetzel (1917)
"CHAPTER IV BlackBerry DISEASES THERE are several troubles with which ... For the most part, blackberry and raspberry diseases are the same. ..."

6. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1907)
"In southern New Jersey I found it called "hog blackberry. ... Sow-teat Blackberry. This is the high 'blackberry here and is abundant nearly everywhere. ..."

7. Annals of the Liverpool Stage: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by R. J. Broadbent (1908)
"The theatre was situated on the left-hand side of Blackberry Lane, ... Blackberry Lane was afterwards called William Street, and is now known as Eberle ..."

8. The Boston Cooking School Magazine of Culinary Science and Domestic Economics by Mass Boston Cooking School (Boston, Boston Cooking School (Boston, Mass.) (1914)
"A Blackberry Dessert and Its Many Variations By Jessamine Chapman DURING the ... As a basis for a long list of gelatine desserts a plain blackberry jelly ..."

9. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"BlackBerry. A name applied to various species of Rubus, of which the receptacle remains with the drupelets when fruit is picked. As a commercial fruit, ..."

10. Sketch of the Evolution of Our Native Fruits by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1898)
"The High-bush Blackberry and its Kin The commonest blackberry of North America ... It is often known as the "high-bush blackberry." The particular marks of ..."

11. Manual of Fruit Diseases by Lexemuel Ray Hesler, Herbert Hice Whetzel (1917)
"CHAPTER IV BlackBerry DISEASES THERE are several troubles with which ... For the most part, blackberry and raspberry diseases are the same. ..."

12. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1907)
"In southern New Jersey I found it called "hog blackberry. ... Sow-teat Blackberry. This is the high 'blackberry here and is abundant nearly everywhere. ..."

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