berry

«berry» in Mova's school dictionary: a small round juicy fruit with seeds, like a strawberry… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a berry, berries)

meaning for a pupil

1) A berry is a small round juicy fruit with seeds, like a strawberry, blueberry or raspberry. tree →

2) In science, a berry is a fruit made from one flower with seeds inside its soft flesh; by that rule, grapes, tomatoes and bananas are berries, but strawberries are not. tree →

3) In old dialect, to berry someone means to bury them in the ground. tree →

sense in the lessons

In nature and safety lessons, many wild berries are poisonous (like holly, yew, mistletoe and deadly nightshade berries), so never eat a berry you find outside unless an adult who knows says it is safe. Birds and animals eat berries and spread the seeds. In everyday food, berries are healthy snacks full of vitamin C. Phrases: pick berries, wild berries, mixed berries, berry picking.

examples

• We picked blackberries along the path. tree →
• Never eat wild berries unless an adult says they're safe. tree →
• Blueberries are tiny blue berries. tree →
• Birds love the red berries on the holly bush. tree →
• I had berries and yoghurt for breakfast. tree →
• Some berries are poisonous. tree →
• Strawberries have their seeds on the outside. tree →
• Bears eat berries in late summer. tree →

note

Plural: berries (y changes to ies). Do not confuse with «bury» (to put in the ground), which sounds the same. The everyday meaning (small soft fruit) and the science meaning are different, which is why a banana counts as a berry but a strawberry does not.

In the corpora

• The hazel dormouse can hibernate for six months or more, after fattening up on hazelnuts and berries in autumn.
• Many berries are poisonous to people even though birds can eat them, because birds' bodies handle some poisons differently.
• Nobody should pick mushrooms or berries in the zone.
• In the park you spot a bush covered in shiny berries, red and juicy like sweets.
• They look delicious, but some of the most dangerous plants in Europe have the prettiest berries.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «berry» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.