What is "berry"

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["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.

Berry \Ber"ry\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Berried; p. pr. & vb. n. Berrying.] To bear or produce berries.

Berry \Ber"ry\, n. [AS. beorh. See Barrow a hill.] A mound; a hillock.
--W. Browne.

Old English berie, from Proto-Germanic *basjom (cognates: Old Norse ber, Middle Dutch bere, German Beere "berry;" Old Saxon winber, Gothic weinabasi "grape"), which is of unknown origin. This and apple are the only native fruit names.

Etymology 1 n. 1 A small fruit, of any one of many varieties. 2 (context botany English) A soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits. 3 A coffee bean. 4 One of the ovum or eggs of a fish. vb. 1 To pick berries. 2 To bear or produce berries. Etymology 2

alt. (context now chiefly dialectal English) A mound; a barrow. n. (context now chiefly dialectal English) A mound; a barrow. Etymology 3

n. 1 (context dialectal English) A burrow, especially a rabbit's burrow. 2 An excavation; a military mine. Etymology 4

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To beat; give a beating to; thrash. 2 (context transitive English) To thresh (grain).

1. n. 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]

4. v. pick or gather berries; "We went berrying in the summer"

5. [also: berried]

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In everyday language, a berry is a small, pulpy and often edible fruit. Berries are usually juicy, rounded, brightly colored, sweet or sour, and do not have a stone or pit, although many pips or seeds may be present. Common examples are strawberries, raspberries, blueberries; and red- and blackcurrants. In Britain, soft fruit is a horticultural term for such fruits.

The scientific usage of the term "berry" differs from common usage. In scientific terminology, a berry is a fruit produced from the ovary of a single flower in which the outer layer of the ovary wall develops into an edible fleshy portion (botanically the pericarp). The definition includes many fruits that are not commonly known as berries, such as grapes, tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants (aubergines) and bananas. Fruits excluded by the botanical definition include strawberries and raspberries. A plant bearing berries is said to be bacciferous or baccate.

While many berries are edible, some are poisonous to humans, such as deadly nightshade and pokeweed. Others, such as the white mulberry, red mulberry, and elderberry, are poisonous when unripe, but are edible when ripe.

Berries are eaten worldwide and often used in jams, preserves, cakes or pies. Some berries are commercially important. The berry industry varies from country to country as do types of berries cultivated or growing in the wild. Some berries such as raspberries and strawberries have been bred for hundreds of years and are distinct from their wild counterparts, while some berries, such as lingonberries and cloudberries, grow almost exclusively in the wild.

Berry is a small, pulpy and often edible fruit in non-technical language.

• Berry (botany), in scientific terminology, a small or large fleshy fruit without a stone, produced from a single flower containing one ovary (this excludes certain fruits commonly called berries)

Berry may also refer to:

Berry (first name and dates unknown) was an English first-class cricketer associated with Surrey and Godalming Cricket Club who was active in the 1820s and is recorded in one match in 1825, totalling 9 runs with a highest score of 9.

Élise Pottier, known better by her stage name Berry, is a French singer, originally an actress in theatre, whose first album, "Mademoiselle" (Miss), released in 2008. The album reached the Top 34 in France and Top 46 in Belgium. A second album titled "Les passagers" (The passengers) released in 2012.

Berry is a region located in the center of France. It was a province of France until the provinces were replaced by départements on 4 March 1790.

The Berry region now consists of the départements of Cher, Indre and parts of Vienne. The capital of Berry was Bourges. Berry is notable as the birthplace of several kings and other members of the French royal family. In the Middle Ages it was the centre of the Duchy of Berry. It is also known for an illuminated manuscript produced in the 14th–15th century called Les Très riches heures du Duc de Berry.

In botanical terminology, a berry is a fleshy fruit without a stone produced from a single flower containing one ovary. Berries so defined include grapes, currants, and tomatoes, as well as cucumbers, eggplants (aubergines) and bananas, but exclude certain fruits commonly called berries, such as strawberries and raspberries. The berry is the most common type of fleshy fruit in which the entire outer layer of the ovary wall ripens into potentially edible " pericarp". Berries may be formed from one or more carpels from the same flower (i.e. from a simple or a compound ovary). The seeds are usually embedded in the fleshy interior of the ovary, but there are some non-fleshy exceptions, such as peppers, with air rather than pulp around their seeds.

Many berries are edible, but others, such as the fruits of the potato and the deadly nightshade, are poisonous to humans. Some berries such as the white and red mulberry are poisonous when unripe, but are edible in their ripe form.

A plant that bears berries is said to be bacciferous or baccate (a fruit that resembles a berry, whether it actually is a berry or not, can also be called "baccate").

In everyday English, " berry" is a term for any small edible fruit. Berries are usually juicy, round, brightly coloured, sweet or sour, and do not have a stone or pit, although many pips or seeds may be present.

Berry is an English-French surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Albert Berry (disambiguation)
• Alexander Berry (1781–1873), Scottish surgeon, merchant, and explorer after whom the Australian town is named
• Amanda Berry (born 1986), among the 2013 Cleveland, Ohio, missing trio of women
• Sir Anthony Berry (1925–1984), British politician
• Bertrand Berry, American NFL football player
• Bill Berry (born 1958), former drummer for the band R.E.M.
• Bill Berry (trumpeter) (1930–2002), jazz trumpeter
• Bob Berry (dendrologist), founder of Hackfalls arboretum, Tiniroto New Zealand
• Bruce Berry, subject of the title song from Neil Young's 1975 album Tonight's The Night
• Clarence Berry (1867–1930), U.S. miner and oilman
• Chuck Berry (born 1926), U.S. musician
• Danielle Bunten Berry (1949–1998), computer game designer
• David Berry (disambiguation), several people
• Dennis Berry (director) (born 1944), American film director, actor, screenwriter
• Edward Berry (1768–1831), Rear Admiral, Royal Navy
• Edward Wilber Berry (1875–1945), American Paleontologist and Botanist
• Edwin S. Berry (1845–1934), surveyor and explorer in the Northern Territory of Australia.
• Fred Berry (1951–2003), U.S. actor
• Gérard Berry, computer scientist
• Graham Berry (1822–1904), Australian politician
• Halle Berry (born 1966), U.S. actress
• Jake Berry (born 1978), British politician
• James Berry (disambiguation)
• Joe Berry (second baseman) (1894–1976), Major League Baseball player
• Joe Berry (pitcher) (1904–1958), Major League Baseball player
• John Berry (disambiguation), several people
• Joseph Flintoft Berry (1856–1931), Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
• Keith Berry (musician) (born 1973), London-based musician and composer
• Keith Berry (fighter) (born 1987), American mixed martial artist
• Ken Berry (born 1933), U.S. actor
• Ken Berry (baseball) (born 1941), Major League Baseball outfielder
• Kevin Berry (1945–2006), Australian swimmer
• Chu Berry (1908–1941), American jazz saxophonist
• Marcellus Flemming Berry, inventor of the American Express Traveler's cheque
• Martha Berry, founder of Berry College
• Mary Berry (disambiguation)
• Michael Berry (disambiguation)
• Montgomery P. Berry, American government official
• Paula Berry (born 1969), American javelin thrower
• Randy W. Berry (born 1965), American diplomat.
• R. J. Berry (Robert James "Sam" Berry), British geneticist and Christian
• R. Stephen Berry (born 1931), Professor of physical chemistry
• Richard Berry (disambiguation):
  • Richard Berry (musician), musician
  • Richard Berry (actor) (born 1950), French actor, director and screenwriter
  • Richard J. Berry (born 1962), American politician and mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Richard Nixon Berry (1873–?), dentist and political figure in Ontario
  • Richard Berry, 3rd Viscount Kemsley (born 1951), British peer
  • Rick Berry (born 1978), ice hockey player
  • Rick Berry (artist) (born 1952), American expressionistic figurative artist
  • Ricky Berry (1964–1989), basketball player
  • See also Richard Berry Harrison (1864–1935), actor, teacher, dramatic reader and lecturer
• Robert Marion Berry, American politician
• Rod Berry (1948–2013), American politician and lawyer
• Ron Berry (1920–1997), Welsh writer
• Samuel Stillman Berry (1887–1984), U.S. zoologist
• Scott Berry, American college baseball coach
• Sean Berry, former baseball player
• Siân Berry, English politician
• Sidney Bryan Berry (1926–2013), United States Army general
• Thomas Berry, self-described "earth scholar"
• Tom Berry, Governor of South Dakota, U.S.
• Tom Berry (1890–1943), English boxer of the 1910s, 20s and 30s
• Tyrone Berry, English footballer
• Walter Berry (basketball), U.S. basketball player
• Walter Berry (bass-baritone) (1929–2000), Austrian opera singer
• Wendell Berry, writer and poet