Berries

any small, usually stoneless, juicy fruit, irrespective of botanical structure, as the huckleberry, strawberry, or hackberry.
botany. a simple fruit having a pulpy pericarp in which the seeds are embedded, as the grape, gooseberry, currant, or tomato.
a dry seed or kernel, as of wheat.
the hip of the rose.
one of the eggs of a lobster, crayfish, etc.
the berries, older slang. someone or something very attractive or unusual.
to gather or pick berries:
we went berrying this morning.
to bear or produce berries.
contemporary examples

mistletoe is the vampire of plants helen thompson december 20, 2014
how to not get eaten carolyn sun july 8, 2011
menu for a moveable feast: 10 famous authors and their favorite foods & recipes nicole villeneuve october 11, 2012
the barefoot contessa knows how to make us crumble ina garten november 29, 2014
what to eat cookstr.com august 17, 2009

historical examples

the young alaskans on the trail emerson hough
brave and bold horatio alger
gold, gold, in cariboo! clive phillipps-wolley
woman’s inst-tute library of cookery, vol. 5 woman’s inst-tute of domestic arts and sciences
decadence and other essays on the culture of ideas remy de gourmont

noun (pl) -ries
any of various small edible fruits such as the blackberry and strawberry
(botany) an indehiscent fruit with two or more seeds and a fleshy pericarp, such as the grape or gooseberry
any of various seeds or dried kernels, such as a coffee bean
the egg of a lobster, crayfish, or similar animal
verb (intransitive) -ries, -rying, -ried
to bear or produce berries
to gather or look for berries
noun
(ˈbɛrɪ). chuck, full name charles edward berry. born 1926, us rock-and-roll guitarist, singer, and songwriter. his frequently covered songs include “maybellene” (1955), “roll over beethoven” (1956), “johnny b. goode” (1958), “memphis, tennessee” (1959), and “promised land” (1964)
(french) (bɛri). jean de france (ʒɑ̃ də frɑ̃s), duc de. 1340–1416, french prince, son of king john ii; coregent (1380–88) for charles vi and a famous patron of the arts
n.
berry
(běr’ē)

our living language : cuc-mbers and tomatoes aren’t usually thought of as berries, but to a botanist they are in fact berries, while strawberries and raspberries are not. in botany, a berry is a fleshy kind of simple fruit consisting of a single ovary that has multiple seeds. other true berries besides cuc-mbers and tomatoes are bananas, oranges, grapes, and blueberries. many fruits that are popularly called berries have a different structure and thus are not true berries. for example, strawberries and raspberries are aggregate fruits, developed from multiple ovaries of a single flower. the mulberry is not a true berry either. it is a multiple fruit, like the pineapple, and is made up of the ovaries of several individual flowers.