Dictionary![]() ![]() ber•ryPronunciation: (ber'ē), [key] —n., pl. -ries, —v., -ried, -ry•ing. —n. 1. any small, usually stoneless, juicy fruit, irrespective of botanical structure, as the huckleberry, strawberry, or hackberry. 2. Bot.a simple fruit having a pulpy pericarp in which the seeds are embedded, as the grape, gooseberry, currant, or tomato. 3. a dry seed or kernel, as of wheat. 4. the hip of the rose. 5. one of the eggs of a lobster, crayfish, etc. 6. the berries, Older Slang.someone or something very attractive or unusual. —v.i. 1. to gather or pick berries: We went berrying this morning. 2. to bear or produce berries. Ber•ryPronunciation: (ber'ē; for 2 also Fr. be-rē'), [key] —n. 1. Charles Edward Anderson (“Chuck”), born 1926, U.S. rock-'n'-roll singer, musician, and composer. 2. Also,Ber'ri.a former province in central France. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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