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Define the word -berries

"-berries" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Honeyberry \Hon"ey*ber`ry\, n.; pl. -berries.
   The fruit of either of two trees having sweetish berries: (a)
   An Old World hackberry (Celtis australis). (b) In the West
   Indies, the genip (Melicocca bijuga).
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"Berries" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

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