Blackberry

Bunch of ripe and unripe blackberries on the bush with selective focus

Rubus fruticosus

Blackberry (Wiktionary)

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈblækbəɹi/, /ˈblækbɹi/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈblækbeɹi/

Noun

blackberry (plural blackberries)

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