Berries Word Search
A free Berries word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on the ingredients, dishes, and flavors of a food topic, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: STRAWBERRY, BLUEBERRY, RASPBERRY, BLACKBERRY, CRANBERRY, GOOSEBERRY, HUCKLEBERRY, BOYSENBERRY, MULBERRY, ELDERBERRY, CURRANT, BILBERRY.
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Berries word list, defined
- STRAWBERRY /ˈstrɔːbəri/ (British); /ˈstroʊbɛri/ (US) · noun
- A sweet red fruit with a soft, juicy texture and small seeds on its surface, typically eaten fresh or used in preserves, desserts, and drinks. The word can also refer to the plant that produces this fruit and, by extension, to strawberry flavor or color. Related: strawberries, berry.
- BLUEBERRY /ˈbluːˌbɛri/ · noun
- A small, round, sweet edible berry with a blue-black skin and pale grey bloom, produced by shrubs of the genus Vaccinium, particularly V. corymbosum (highbush) and related species. Also used to refer to the North American shrub itself. Related: huckleberry, bilberry, whortleberry, blaeberry.
- RASPBERRY /ˈræz.bər.i/ · noun
- A small, soft, red or black fruit with a sweet-tart flavor, produced by bramble-like shrubs. The term can also refer to the shrub or plant that bears the fruit. Related: bramble berry, red berry.
- BLACKBERRY /ˈblakˌbɛri/ · noun
- An edible, soft dark purple-black berry produced by any of various brambles of the genus Rubus, especially Rubus fruticosus in Europe and related species in North America; also, the prickly shrub that bears it. Related: brambleberry, dewberry, boysenberry, loganberry.
- CRANBERRY /ˈkrænbɛri/ · noun
- A small, firm, red berry with a sharply tart taste, produced by low-growing evergreen shrubs of the genus Vaccinium, especially Vaccinium macrocarpon, native to North America. It is widely used in juices, sauces, and dried fruit preparations, and is traditionally served as a sauce with roast turkey.
- GOOSEBERRY /ˈɡʊzbəri/ (British); /ˈɡuːzbɛri/ (US) · noun
- A gooseberry is the small, tart fruit of a thorny shrub in the genus Ribes, especially Ribes uva-crispa. The word can also refer to the shrub that produces the fruit.
- HUCKLEBERRY /ˈhʌkəlbɛri/ · noun
- A small, round, dark blue or purple berry with a tart flavor, borne by huckleberry shrubs, especially those of the genus Gaylussacia. In informal American English, the word can also refer disparagingly to a rustic or unsophisticated person. Related: whortleberry, bilberry.
- BOYSENBERRY /ˈbɔɪzənˌbɛri/ · noun
- A large, edible berry that is a hybrid of the raspberry, blackberry, and loganberry, having a dark reddish-purple color and a distinctive sweet-tart flavor; also, the brambly plant on which it grows. Related: loganberry, marionberry, dewberry, tayberry.
- MULBERRY /ˈmʌlbəri/ · noun
- A deciduous tree of the genus Morus, cultivated for its leaves, which feed silkworms, and for its small edible fruits. The word can also refer to the fruit of this tree or to a deep purplish-red color. Related: mulberry tree, silkberry, white mulberry, black mulberry.
- ELDERBERRY /ˈɛldərˌbɛri/ · noun
- A deciduous shrub or small tree of the genus Sambucus, bearing clusters of small white flowers and dark purple to black berries, or the berry of this plant itself. Related: sambucus, elder, bourtree, danewort.
- CURRANT /ˈkʌr.ənt/ · noun
- A small dried seedless grape used in baking and cooking, or a berry of certain Ribes (gooseberry-family) shrubs, including blackcurrants, redcurrants, and whitecurrants. Related: raisin, sultana, berry, grape.
- BILBERRY /ˈbɪl.bər.i/ · noun
- A small edible dark-blue berry with a bloom, produced by a low-growing Eurasian shrub (Vaccinium myrtillus) of the heath family; also the shrub itself. The word is chiefly British — the same or similar fruits are called blueberries or huckleberries in North America. Related: whortleberry, huckleberry, blueberry, blaeberry.
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