blackberry
A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybridsA fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.
» I love blackberries.
Ich mag Brombeeren.
Я люблю ежевику.
Я люблю ожину.
Meaning
4 sensesA fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.
large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.
Brombeere, Brombeerstrauch
ежеви́каježevíka, ежеви́каježevíka
ожи́наožýna, ожи́наožýna
(broadly, informal)Any Rubus berry that is black or blackish; the plant that produces it.
(UK, dialectal)The blackcurrant.
Examples
61 sentencesI love blackberries.
Я люблю ожину.
ruЯ люблю ежевику.
deIch mag Brombeeren.
Tom picked some blackberries to eat.
We don't have any more blackberries.
I wonder where Tom found these blackberries.
Tom is eating the blackberries he picked this afternoon.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English blakberie, blakeberie (“brambleberry”), from Old English blacu berġe,From Middle English blakberie, blakeberie (“brambleberry”), from Old English blacu berġe, blæcberġe (attested in plural blaca berġan), equivalent to black + berry.
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Forms
plural: blackberries| Singular | blackberry |
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| Plural | blackberries |
regular
Synonyms
3 synonyms- bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle:blackberry bush