单词 | berry |
释义 | berry —berryless, adj. —berrylike, adj. /ber"ee/, n. , pl. berries, v. , berried, berrying. 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. 7. to gather or pick berries: We went berrying this morning. 8. to bear or produce berries. [bef. 1000; ME berie, OE beri(g)e; c. OS, OHG beri (G Beere), ON ber < Gmc basjá-; akin to D besie, Goth -basi < Gmc básja-] |
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