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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Berry  \Ber"ry\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Berried};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Berrying}.] 
  To  bear  or  produce  berries. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Berry  \Ber"ry\,  n.  [AS.  beorh  See  {Barrow}  a  hill.] 
  A  mound;  a  hillock.  --W.  Browne. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  berry 
  n  1:  any  of  numerous  small  edible  pulpy  fruits  either  simple 
  (grape;  blueberry)  or  aggregate  (blackberry;  raspberry) 
  2:  a  pulpy  and  usually  edible  small  fruit  having  any  of  various 
  structures:  e.g.  strawberry  or  raspberry  or  blueberry 
  v  :  pick  or  gather  berries;  "We  went  berrying  in  the  summer" 
 
  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 




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