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Webster 1913 Edition

Blackberry

Black′ber-ry

(blăk′bĕr-ry̆)

,

Noun.

[OE.

blakberye

, AS.

blæcberie

;

blæc

black +

berie

berry.]

The fruit of several species of bramble (

Rubus

); also, the plant itself.

Rubus fruticosus

is the blackberry of England;

Rubus villosus

and

Rubus Canadensis

are the high blackberry and low blackberry of the United States. There are also other kinds.