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blackberry
(encz) | blackberry,ostružina n: [bot.] Radka D. |
Blackberry
(gcide) | Blackberry \Black"ber*ry\ (bl[a^]k"b[e^]r*r[y^]), n. [OE.
blakberye, AS. bl[ae]cberie; bl[ae]c black + berie berry.]
The fruit of several species of bramble (Rubus); also, the
plant itself. Rubus fruticosus is the blackberry of
England; Rubus villosus and Rubus Canadensis are the high
blackberry and low blackberry of the United States. There are
also other kinds.
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blackberry
(wn) | blackberry
n 1: large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate
fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
2: bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that
usually do not separate from the receptacle [syn:
blackberry, blackberry bush]
v 1: pick or gather blackberries; "The children went
blackberrying" |
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running blackberry
(encz) | running blackberry, n: |
sand blackberry
(encz) | sand blackberry, n: |
swamp blackberry
(encz) | swamp blackberry, n: |
true blackberry
(encz) | true blackberry, n: |
western blackberry
(encz) | western blackberry, n: |
Blackberry
(gcide) | Blackberry \Black"ber*ry\ (bl[a^]k"b[e^]r*r[y^]), n. [OE.
blakberye, AS. bl[ae]cberie; bl[ae]c black + berie berry.]
The fruit of several species of bramble (Rubus); also, the
plant itself. Rubus fruticosus is the blackberry of
England; Rubus villosus and Rubus Canadensis are the high
blackberry and low blackberry of the United States. There are
also other kinds.
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Blackberry lily
(gcide) | Lily \Lil"y\ (l[i^]l"[y^]), n.; pl. Lilies (l[i^]l"[i^]z).
[AS. lilie, L. lilium, Gr. lei`rion. Cf. Flower-de-luce.]
1. (Bot.) A plant and flower of the genus Lilium,
endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of
six colored pieces, six stamens, and a superior
three-celled ovary.
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Note: There are nearly fifty species, all found in the North
Temperate zone. Lilium candidum and {Lilium
longiflorum} are the common white lilies of gardens;
Lilium Philadelphicum is the wild red lily of the
Atlantic States. Lilium Chalcedonicum is supposed to
be the "lily of the field" in our Lord's parable;
Lilium auratum is the great gold-banded lily of
Japan.
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2. (Bot.) A name given to handsome flowering plants of
several genera, having some resemblance in color or form
to a true lily, as Pancratium, Crinum, Amaryllis,
Nerine, etc.
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3. That end of a compass needle which should point to the
north; -- so called as often ornamented with the figure of
a lily or fleur-de-lis.
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But sailing further, it veers its lily to the west.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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4. (Auction Bridge) A royal spade; -- usually in pl. See
Royal spade, below.
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African lily (Bot.), the blue-flowered {Agapanthus
umbellatus}.
Atamasco lily (Bot.), a plant of the genus Zephyranthes
(Zephyranthes Atamasco), having a white and pink
funnelform perianth, with six petal-like divisions
resembling those of a lily. --Gray.
Blackberry lily (Bot.), the Pardanthus Chinensis, the
black seeds of which form a dense mass like a blackberry.
Bourbon lily (Bot.), Lilium candidum. See Illust.
Butterfly lily. (Bot.) Same as Mariposa lily, in the
Vocabulary.
Lily beetle (Zool.), a European beetle ({Crioceris
merdigera}) which feeds upon the white lily.
Lily daffodil (Bot.), a plant of the genus Narcissus, and
its flower.
Lily encrinite (Paleon.), a fossil encrinite, esp.
Encrinus liliiformis. See Encrinite.
Lily hyacinth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Hyacinthus.
Lily iron, a kind of harpoon with a detachable head of
peculiar shape, used in capturing swordfish.
Lily of the valley (Bot.), a low perennial herb
(Convallaria majalis), having a raceme of nodding,
fragrant, white flowers.
Lily pad, the large floating leaf of the water lily. [U.
S.] --Lowell.
Tiger lily (Bot.), Lilium tigrinum, the sepals of which
are blotched with black.
Turk's-cap lily (Bot.) Lilium Martagon, a red lily with
recurved sepals; also, the similar American lily, {Lilium
superbum}.
Water lily (Bot.), the Nymph[ae]a, a plant with floating
roundish leaves, and large flowers having many petals,
usually white, but sometimes pink, red, blue, or yellow.
[See Illust. of Nymph[ae]a.]
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blackberry-lily
(gcide) | blackberry-lily \blackberry-lily\ n.
garden plant whose capsule discloses when ripe a mass of
seeds resembling a blackberry.
Syn: leopard lily, Belamcanda chinensis.
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blackberry bush
(wn) | blackberry bush
n 1: bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that
usually do not separate from the receptacle [syn:
blackberry, blackberry bush] |
blackberry-lily
(wn) | blackberry-lily
n 1: garden plant whose capsule discloses when ripe a mass of
seeds resembling a blackberry [syn: blackberry-lily,
leopard lily, Belamcanda chinensis] |
running blackberry
(wn) | running blackberry
n 1: any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of
North America [syn: dewberry, dewberry bush, {running
blackberry}] |
sand blackberry
(wn) | sand blackberry
n 1: stiff shrubby blackberry of the eastern United States
(Connecticut to Florida) [syn: sand blackberry, {Rubus
cuneifolius}] |
swamp blackberry
(wn) | swamp blackberry
n 1: of eastern North America [syn: swamp dewberry, {swamp
blackberry}, Rubus hispidus] |
true blackberry
(wn) | true blackberry
n 1: the true blackberry of Europe as well as any of numerous
varieties having sweet edible black or dark purple berries
[syn: true blackberry, Rubus fruticosus] |
western blackberry
(wn) | western blackberry
n 1: American blackberry with oblong black fruit [syn: {western
blackberry}, western dewberry, Rubus ursinus] |
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