| Berry | n.; pl. Berries. [ OE. berie, AS. berie, berige; akin to D. bes, G. beere, OS. and OHG. beri, Icel. ber, Sw. bär, Goth. basi, and perh. Skr. bhas to eat. ] 1. Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Bot.) A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as the currant, grape, blueberry. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. The coffee bean. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. One of the ova or eggs of a fish. Travis. [ 1913 Webster ]
In berry, containing ova or spawn. [ 1913 Webster ]
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