[ber.ry] n, pl berries [ME berye, fr. OE berie; akin to OHG beri berry] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a pulpy and usu. edible fruit (as a strawberry, raspberry, or checkerberry) of small size irrespective of its structure b: a simple fruit (as a currant, grape, tomato, or banana) with a pulpy or fleshy pericarp c: the dry seed of some plants (as wheat)
2: an egg of a fish or lobster
[2]berry vi ber.ried ; ber.ry.ing (ca. 1780) 1: to bear or produce berries "a ~ing shrub"
2: to gather or seek berries