blackberry

Thorny bush fruit

A blackberry is a dark purple, edible fruit composed of small drupelets clustered around a core.

The thorny brambles that produce them grow wild in temperate regions and are also cultivated.

Blackberries are eaten fresh, baked into pies and cobblers, or made into jam: We picked blackberries along the fence line. (Capitalized BlackBerry was a brand of smartphone.)

plant

bramble

Thorny wild shrub

  • bushMulti-stemmed woody plant
  • caneStick for support
  • thornyHaving sharp protrusions

prickly · vine · hedge · thicket · briar · runner · perennial · cultivar · trailing · upright

foraging

hedgerow

Linear shrub boundary

countryside · rural · native · uncultivated · seasonal · summer · autumn · roadside · meadow · thicket

culinary

pie

Crust-enclosed baked dish

compote · preserves · jelly · syrup · wine · cordial · smoothie · muffin · tart · sauce

fruit

seedy

Rundown and disreputable

tart · dark · plump · glossy · aggregate · soft · perishable · staining · antioxidant · vitamin

color

purple

Hue between crimson and azure

  • deepFar from surface
  • darkAbsence of light
  • inkyDeeply black, like darkness

wine · burgundy · violet · midnight · ebony · bruise · stain · pigment · dye

berry

raspberry

Aggregate bramble fruit

boysenberry · huckleberry · cloudberry · salmonberry · lingonberry · bilberry · gooseberry · currant · elderberry · chokeberry

Categories
Opposites
fruit type

blackberrycherry

Red stone fruit

peach · apple · plum · apricot · drupe

color naming in berries

blackberrysnowberry

White-fruited ornamental shrub

blueberry · raspberry · strawberry · red raspberry

smartphone ecosystem

blackberryiPhone

Apple mobile device

Apple · Android · Samsung Galaxy · iOS · smartphone

Phrases
Family

blackberries, blackberrying

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G