blackberry

/ˈblækbəɹi/noun
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1

A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.

2

The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.

3

Any Rubus berry that is black or blackish; the plant that produces it.

4

The blackcurrant.

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