blackberry

CEFRB1

/ˈblækbəɹi/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any Rubus berry that is black or blackish; the plant that produces it.

Examples

  • The property was almost completely overgrown with wild blackberry bushes.

  • The tayberry is a cultivated cross between a blackberry and a raspberry.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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Parts of speech
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Citations
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Synonyms
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

  2. A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.

  3. The blackcurrant.

More examples

In context

  • Why don't we make a blackberry cake?

  • She had gone up into the tower alone and left them blackberrying in the sun

  • My mother and Cordelia were blackberrying along the woods edge of a nearby meadow.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English blakberie, blakeberie (“brambleberry”), from Old English blacu berġe, blæcberġe (attested in plural blaca berġan, equivalent to black + berry.