Word Finder - berries

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A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.

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A soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits.

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A coffee bean.

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One of the ova or eggs of a fish.

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(African American) A police car.

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A dollar.

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To pick berries.

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On summer days Grandma used to take us berrying, whether we wanted to go or not.

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To bear or produce berries.

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A mound; a barrow.

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A burrow, especially a rabbit's burrow.

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An excavation; a military mine.

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To beat; give a beating to; thrash.

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To thresh (grain).

Small berries are a very important product.

The berries do not shrivel up as those do that are affected by the black rot.

Their food is various, consisting of berries, seeds and insects.

Another page informed her that the opaque green berries on the thorny vines were gooseberries.

The only local industries are the preparation of salt (Italian and Indian concessions, with an output of 124,000 tons in 1916-7), the unhuking of Arabian coffee berries and the making of cigarettes from tobacco imported from Egypt.

In August, the large masses of berries, which, when in flower, had attracted many wild bees, gradually assumed their bright velvety crimson hue, and by their weight again bent down and broke the tender limbs.

The fruit is a berry - the scarlet berries of the cuckoo-pint are familiar objects in the hedges in late summer.

The forests contain many trees which, on account of their fruits, nuts or berries, are valuable, irrespective of the quality of their timber.

In the course of the season the borders (inside) will require several thorough soakings of warm water - the first when the house is shut up, this being repeated when the vines have made young shoots a few inches long, again when the vines are in flower, and still again when the berries are taking the second swelling after stoning.

Rhipsalis Cassytha, when seen laden with its white berries, bears some resemblance to a branch of mistletoe.

Commercial cubebs consist of the dried berries, usually with their stalks attached; the pericarp is greyish-brown, or blackish and wrinkled; and the seed, when present, is hard, white and oily.

The food of the white bear consists chiefly of seals and fish, in pursuit of which it shows great power of swimming and diving, and a considerable degree of sagacity; but its food also includes the carcases of whales, birds and their eggs, and grass and berries when these can be had.

The Garton artificial fertilization experiments have shown endless deviations from the ordinary type, ranging from minute seeds with a closely adhering husk to big berries almost as large as sloes and about as worthless.

Laureola, spurge laurel, a small evergreen shrub with green flowers in the leaf axils towards the ends of the branches and ovoid black very poisonous berries, is found in England in copses and on hedge-banks in stiff soils.

When, through the introduction of the male plant from Japan, its fertilization was rendered possible, ripe berries, before unknown, became common ornaments of the shrub.

They are shrubs or low trees with evergreen or nearly evergreen opposite entire leaves, and dense clusters of small, white, tubular four-parted flowers, enclosing two stamens and succeeded by small, globular, usually black berries, each with a single pendulous seed.

In August berries are fairly abundant over the interior; one of them, the salmon or cloud berry, preserved in seal oil for the winter, is an important food of the natives.

Little attention is paid to the crop, the berries being frequently gathered from the ground, and consequently the coffee is of comparatively low grade.

The berries are red or purple in colour, varying in size from that of a pea to a nut.

Sousliks feed on roots, seeds and berries, and occasionally on animal food, preying on eggs, small birds and mice.

The best known of these are cloves, pimento (allspice), myrtle, eucalyptus, caraway, fennel, dill, coriander, rosemary, lavender, peppermint, spearmint, nutmeg, cinnamon, sandal-wood, turpentine, juniper berries, valerian and sumbul.

On land, however, whither they resort to breed, they seek food of their own taking, whether small mammals, little birds, insects or berries; but even here their uncommon courage is exhibited, and they will defend their homes and offspring with the utmost spirit against any intruder, repeatedly shooting down on man or dog that invades their haunts, while every bird almost, from an eagle downwards, is repelled by buffets or something worse.

When the grapes have attained the proper degree of ripeness, or rather over-ripeness, they are gathered with the greatest care, the berries being frequently cut off from the branches singly, and sorted according to their appearance.

Cultivated fruits, such as apples, pears, peaches, plums, grapes and berries, are raised in large quantities for the market.

Though fruit-trees will not bear there is an abundance of edible berries; the rivers and lakes abound with trout, perch, pike and other fish, and in the lower waters with salmon; and the cod, herring, halibut and Greenland shark in the northern seas attract numerous Norwegian and Russian fishermen.

We did our own canning, especially pickles, and I picked berries every summer so my mom could make jelly.

Serve the drink with berries on top for extra effect.

The berries are a made up of a seed which is surrounded by dark purple pulp.

If you want to serve berry sangria when berries are not in season, use frozen fruit.

For desserts and meat dishes, mixed berries compote combines raspberries, strawberries and blackberries.

I saw even more fieldfares searching in flocks for berries which were already becoming scarce.

Winter Garden Plants of winter interest featuring flowers, stems, foliage and berries to illustrate how gardens can still be attractive in winter.

The juice from the berries is mildly laxative and makes a good gargle for sore throats and hoarseness.

Stir in the cooled berries and whipped cream, then slowly pour in the dissolved gelatin, in a continuous stream, stirring constantly.

The abundant red haws or berries are probably the main winter food for wild birds and small mammals.

Skimmia japonica Evergreen, white scented flowers in spring, followed, if male and female plants are grown together, by red berries.

Or try the Aucuba japonica or spotted laurel, which also has beautiful dark green leaves and scarlet berries through the winter months.

The women would have collected food limpets and mussels from the rocks, berries and nuts from the woods.

By September they are everywhere, hanging from their trees in beautiful bunches of tiny black berries, often with quite livid red stalks.

When it came to choosing deserts, we both favored the almond macaroon with garden mint ice cream and a salad of spring berries.

And it equates to the hunter-gatherer who got sustenance by hunting mastodons and gathering berries.

At home, consider having a meringue, an ice lolly or some frozen fruit perhaps red berries or grapes.

The berries also make a very palatable jelly, often served with meat.

The berries have a tiny pentagram on them and are especially poisonous.

These too are a mild purgative, but they dont drop as readily as honeysuckle berries.

Long term herbs for the pancreas will include juniper berries, fenugreek seed, astragalus root and small amounts of licorice rhizome.

You just want to put a spoonful of raspberries in your mouth or enjoy the process of folding berries into cream.

This year seems to be a bumper crop of the bright orange berries, which will be food for some of our winter thrushes.

Return the onion and bacon, add the thyme and crushed juniper berries.

The leaves, flowers and berries are beneficial in cases of cols and flu, as they expel toxins from the body.