— 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 basjá-; akin to D besie, Goth -basi básja- ]