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# blackberry

noun (a blackberry, blackberries); verb (blackberrying — picking blackberries, UK)

«blackberry» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A blackberry is a small soft dark purple-black fruit made of many tiny round parts, which grows on a thorny bush called a bramble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackberry/#m1)
2. The blackberry bush itself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackberry/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and nature lessons, blackberries grow wild in hedges and woods in late summer; birds and animals eat them and spread the seeds. In everyday life families go blackberry picking and make crumble, jam and pies. Safety: only pick and eat wild berries an adult says are safe, and wash them. Phrases: «blackberry picking», «blackberry jam», «blackberry and apple crumble».

### Examples

- We picked blackberries along the lane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackberry/#x1)
- Blackberries stain your fingers purple. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackberry/#x2)
- Mum made blackberry and apple crumble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackberry/#x3)
- Watch out for thorns on the blackberry bush. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackberry/#x4)
- A blackberry is made of lots of tiny bubbles called drupelets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackberry/#x5)
- Birds love eating ripe blackberries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackberry/#x6)
- Only eat berries if an adult says they are safe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackberry/#x7)
- Green blackberries are not ripe yet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackberry/#x8)
- But Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail had bread and milk and blackberries for supper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackberry/#x9)

### Note

Plural: blackberries (y → ies). In some places blackberries are a weed that spreads fast (e.g. in Australia and New Zealand). Trap: a blackberry starts green, then red, and only becomes black when ripe. BlackBerry (with a capital B) was also a brand of phone.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «blackberry» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackberry/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«blackberry» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/blackberry.html) on Mova free.