[ber-ee] 
noun, plural -ries, verb, -ried, -ry⋅ing.| 1. | any small, usually stoneless, juicy fruit, irrespective of botanical structure, as the huckleberry, strawberry, or hackberry. |
| 2. | Botany. a simple fruit having a pulpy pericarp in which the seeds are embedded, as the grape, gooseberry, currant, or tomato. |
| 3. | a dry seed or kernel, as of wheat. |
| 4. | the hip of the rose. |
| 5. | one of the eggs of a lobster, crayfish, etc. |
| 6. | the berries, Older Slang. someone or something very attractive or unusual. |
| 7. | to gather or pick berries: We went berrying this morning. |
| 8. | to bear or produce berries. |
[ber-ee; for 2 also Fr. be-ree] | 1. | Charles Edward Anderson (“Chuck”), born 1926, U.S. rock-'n'-roll singer, musician, and composer. |
| 2. | Also, Berri. a former province in central France. |
| ber·ry (běr'ē) n. pl. ber·ries
[Middle English berye, from Old English berie; see bhā-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
| Ber·ry (bě-rē') A historical region and former province of central France. Purchased by the French crown in 1101, it became an independent duchy in 1360 and reverted to the crown in 1601. |
| Ber·ry (běr'ē) American guitarist, singer, and songwriter considered among the earliest and most influential rock 'n' roll performers. |