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- heath|ber|ry «HEETH BEHR ee, -buhr-», noun, plural -ries.any one of various berries growing on heaths, such as the crowberry and bilberry.
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bear|ber|ry — «BAIR BEHR ee, buhr », noun, plural ries. 1. a trailing, evergreen shrub of the heath family, having small, bright red berries and astringent leaves. 2. a similar shrub having black berries; Alpine bearberry. 3. any one of various other plants,… … Useful english dictionary
blue|ber|ry — «BLOO BEHR ee, buhr », noun, plural ries, verb, ried, ry|ing. –noun. 1. a small, sweet berry, colored blue, which tastes much like the huckleberry but has smaller seeds. 2. the shrub that it grows on. Blueberries belong to the heath family.… … Useful english dictionary
cran|ber|ry — «KRAN BEHR ee, buhr », noun, plural ries. 1. a firm, sour, dark red berry, used in making sauce and jelly. 2. a small shrub or trailing vine that these berries grow on. It grows in marshes or bogs and belongs to the heath family. 3. any one of… … Useful english dictionary
deer|ber|ry — «DIHR BEHR ee», noun, plural ries. 1. a shrub of the heath family growing in the eastern United States and bearing tart, inedible berries. 2. = partridgeberry. (Cf. ↑partridgeberry) 3. = wintergreen. (Cf. ↑wintergreen) … Useful english dictionary
far|kle|ber|ry — «FAHR kuhl BEHR ee», noun, plural ries. a shrub or small tree of the heath family, growing in the southern United States, and bearing small, inedible black berries. ╂[American English; origin uncertain] … Useful english dictionary
huck|le|ber|ry — «HUHK uhl BEHR ee», noun, plural ries. 1. a small berry like a blueberry but darker in color and with larger seeds. 2. any one of the shrubs that it grows on. The huckleberry belongs to the heath family. 3. = blueberry (def. 1). (Cf. ↑blueberry)… … Useful english dictionary
lin|gon|ber|ry — «LIHNG guhn BEHR ee», noun, plural ries. 1. a low shrub of the heath family growing in the northern parts of North America, Asia, and Europe; cowberry. 2. its berry, similar to, and used in place of, the common cranberry. ╂[< Swedish lingon… … Useful english dictionary
whor|tle|ber|ry — «HWUR tuhl BEHR ee», noun, plural ries. 1. a small, edible, black berry much like the blueberry, the fruit of any one of several European and Siberian shrubs of the heath family; bilberry. 2. the shrub that it grows on, of the same genus as the… … Useful english dictionary
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