'Berries' definitions:

Definition of 'Berries'

From: GCIDE
  • 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[aum]r, Goth. basi, and perh. Skr. bhas to eat.]
  • 1. Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Bot.) A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as the currant, grape, blueberry. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The coffee bean. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. One of the ova or eggs of a fish. --Travis. [1913 Webster]
  • In berry, containing ova or spawn. [1913 Webster]