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| blackberry |
a dark purple or black berry that is made up of many large seeds. [1/2 definitions] |
| blueberry |
a small round berry that is blue in color and can be eaten. [2 definitions] |
| bramble |
a kind of berry bush with thorns on its stems. Raspberry and blackberry plants are brambles. |
| cranberry |
a shrub that bears a sour, red berry, or the berry itself. Cranberries grow in wet ground in North America. |
| currant |
the sour berry of a bush related to the gooseberry. Currants are used in making buns, pies, and jelly. [1/2 definitions] |
| huckleberry |
a low berry bush common in North America. The huckleberry is related to the blueberry. [1/2 definitions] |
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