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Blackberry

The fruit of several species of bramble (Rubus); also, the plant itself. Rubus fruticosus is the blackberry of England; R. villosus and R. Canadensis are the high blackberry and low blackberry of the United States. There are also other kinds.

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Berry 76% connected

Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc.

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Bramble bush 76% connected

The bramble, or a collection of brambles growing together.

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Drupelet 76% connected

A small drupe, as one of the pulpy grains of the blackberry.

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Dewberry 76% connected

The fruit of certain species of bramble (Rubus); in England, the fruit of R. caesius, which has a glaucous bloom; in America, that of R. canadensis a…

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