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Are These Foods Fruits, Vegetables, Or Berries?
How can we know what is a fruit? A vegetable? A berry? A nut? Doesn't it seem like it's always changing? Why is it so confusing?
Origin of berry
OTHER WORDS FROM berry
ber·ry·less, adjectiveber·ry·like, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH berry
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What does berry mean?
A berry is a small, stoneless, juicy fruit.
Commonly, a berry is any small fruit that has no pit and usually produces juice. Berries range from sweet, such as the blueberry, to sour, such as the raspberry.
In botany, a berry is specifically a fruit with a pulpy outer wall and many seeds. Botanically, then, some fruits commonly thought of as berries are not actually berries, including strawberries, blackberries, and raspberries. Fruits that botanically are berries include blueberries, bananas, grapes, and tomatoes.
Less commonly, berry can also refer to a dry seed or kernel.
As a verb, to berry means to pick berries or to produce berries.
Example: We picked berries today, filling up three whole baskets.
Where does berry come from?
The first records of the term berry come from before the year 1000. It ultimately comes from the Old English berige.
The fruit we commonly refer to as berries are known for containing high levels of antioxidants, which may protect against heart disease or cancer. They are also high in vitamin C and other vitamins that protect the immune system.
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What are some other forms related to berry?
- berryless (adjective)
- berrylike (adjective)
What are some synonyms for berry?
What are some words that share a root or word element with berry?
What are some words that often get used in discussing berry?
How is berry used in real life?
Berry is most often used to refer to a small, juicy fruit, whether it is botanically a true berry or not.
You're the straw to my berry
— Beau Brooks (@BrooksBeau) June 20, 2015
this bangin berry smoothie is bangin
— jacob whitesides (@JacobWhitesides) January 29, 2016
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True or False?
What we commonly call a berry is the same as a botanical berry.
How to use berry in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for berry (1 of 2)
Derived forms of berry
berried, adjectiveWord Origin for berry
British Dictionary definitions for berry (2 of 2)
Scientific definitions for berry
Usage
Cucumbers and tomatoes aren't usually thought of as berries, but to a botanist they are in fact berries, while strawberries and raspberries are not. In botany, a berry is a fleshy kind of simple fruit consisting of a single ovary that has multiple seeds. Other true berries besides cucumbers and tomatoes are bananas, oranges, grapes, and blueberries. Many fruits that are popularly called berries have a different structure and thus are not true berries. For example, strawberries and raspberries are aggregate fruits, developed from multiple ovaries of a single flower. The mulberry is not a true berry either. It is a multiple fruit, like the pineapple, and is made up of the ovaries of several individual flowers.