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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

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Etymology

Origin of blackberry

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

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Example Sentences

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Barbera d'Asti, "traditionally dominated by notes of cherry and plum, is increasingly evolving toward more concentrated aromas of blackberry and blackcurrant", Garberoglio said after a tasting.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

I bought a jar of blackberry jam because it sounded good.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 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

Generous hunks of vanilla bean dot her lemon marmalade; bay leaf infuses her blackberry jam.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025

The large woman standing before her was, surprisingly, not a cake at all, but rather a blackberry pie.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff

Not only is BlackBerry still around, we’re powering 275 million cars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

On the road, Freeman still jokes, Heyward’s BlackBerry phone came into play.

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

But for every minute my BlackBerry lay dormant in my lap, I felt the walls starting to breach, the doubts beginning to rampage.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 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

The most popular are the small birthday candles shaped like raspberries, cherries and blackberries, packed in molded-pulp baskets just like you’d find at the grocery store or farmers market.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Adding foods like blueberries, plums, blackberries, broad beans, and cherries to your daily diet, especially when paired with green tea, could be a simple way to support heart health, according to new research.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026

On our way home, Taryn stops and picks blackberries beside the Lake of Masks.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

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