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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.

Origin: oe. Blakberye, as. Blaecerie; blaec black _ berie berry.