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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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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

There we saw it, the blue of the lake shimmering through the pines and wild blackberry bushes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025

For a bargain option, check out Trader Joe's Well Rested Herbal Tea, which touts chamomile, spearmint, peppermint, blackberry leaves, and rosebuds.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025

Even at the speed he was sliding across the ice, Duane could still take the time to imagine how delicious one or four blackberry Snow Delights would taste.

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

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

BlackBerry was another top stock in the ETF.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

BlackBerry now sees fiscal 2027 revenue of $594 million to $621 million, higher than its previous forecast of $584 million to $611 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Find insight on cryptocurrency, BlackBerry, Micron and more in the latest Market Talks covering technology, media and telecom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Whenever my dad’s BlackBerry pinged, I was positive that was the newsflash.

From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman

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

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

Eating blueberries, plums, blackberries, broad beans and cherries, washed down with green tea, is an ideal way to top them up, they say.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

They are found in foods such as apples, pears, blueberries, blackberries, grapes, cocoa, and other common smoothie ingredients.

From Science Daily ● May 24, 2026

The smell of dinner bacon and cabbage wafting from a farmhouse makes me so weak with the hunger I climb into a field and stuff myself with blackberries for half an hour.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt