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• blackberry
  blackberry

  noun

  the fruit, black or very dark purple when ripe, of certain species of the genus Rubus.
• BlackBerry
  BlackBerry

  a brand of smartphone optimized for wireless email.

blackberry

¹ American  

[blak-ber-ee, -buh-ree] / ˈblækˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

noun

• blackberries
  plural

1. the fruit, black or very dark purple when ripe, of certain species of the genus Rubus.

2. the plant itself.

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BlackBerry ² American  

[blak-ber-ee, -buh-ree] / ˈblækˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

Trademark.

1. a brand of smartphone optimized for wireless email.

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blackberry ¹ British  

/ ˈblækbərɪ /

noun

1. Also called: bramble.  any of several woody plants of the rosaceous genus Rubus , esp R. fruticosus , that have thorny stems and black or purple glossy edible berry-like fruits (drupelets)

2. 1. the fruit of any of these plants

   2. ( as modifier )

      blackberry jam

3. an ornamental Chinese iridaceous plant, Belamcanda chinensis , that has red-spotted orange flowers and clusters of black seeds that resemble blackberries

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verb

1. (intr) to gather blackberries

BlackBerry ² British  

noun

1. a hand-held device for sending and receiving e-mail

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• blackberrylike
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• blackberries
  plural

Etymology

Origin of blackberry

before 1000; Middle English blakeberie, Old English blaceberie. See black, berry

Example Sentences

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A month later, Meghan and her husband Prince Harry are returning to live in the UK just as blackberry season ends.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Choose whatever farmers market flavor is calling to you—apricot, sour cherry, blackberry and red plum would all be excellent this time of year.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

They banked almost 500,000 seeds from 19 species, including relatives of lettuce, parsnip, strawberry, radish, quinoa, blackberry, alfalfa and several species used as fodder crops for livestock.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026

Its core is all plush red and dark fruit, and aromas of blackberry and spice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

“Thirty.eight, thirty-nine, blackberry, huckleberry, forty-five, strawberry, thirty-two, raspberry . . .” So it is very likely that he took fewer than fifty steps, or perhaps many more.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

His answer: “Getting the word out. Sometimes I get the, ‘What’s BlackBerry?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

“Anybody can nitpick something, but if I complain about a BlackBerry texting, that’s not really anything,” Freeman said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Although Canadian software company BlackBerry was once considered “a meme stock,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

“While quarters may be lumpy due to one-time revenue, BlackBerry is moving into a period of headline growth following a period of transformation.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

He brought out his BlackBerry to calculate the American time when it had been sent.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Peaches are particularly lovely here, though I’ve made the same syrup with blackberries to equally good effect.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Megan Romer likes to spend her free time sewing costumes for school plays, picking blackberries in her backyard in rural Cayuga County, N.Y., and watching her partner play the fiddle in folk bands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

A community group in Cambridge is hoping to provide free food to low-income households after noticing an abundance of blackberries growing on bushes.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Each Beeswax Mixed Berry Birthday Candles set is cast from real mixed berries — strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and cherries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Clearly, optimism can be a very fine trait, with the power to turn lemons into lemonade, apples into blackberries, and so forth.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood