berry

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Science Technical

n. the scientific name for a fruit that grows from one flower part and has seeds inside.

n. a fleshy fruit produced from a single ovary, where the entire outer layer of the ovary wall ripens into a potentially edible pericarp.

“Did you know that a banana is technically a berry but a strawberry is not?”

“In botanical terms, the tomato is classified as a berry because it develops from a single ovary and contains multiple seeds within its pulp.”

C2 · Proficiency Countable noun Technical

n. a name sometimes used for a coffee bean before it is roasted.

n. a term used within the coffee industry to refer to the fruit or the seed of the coffee plant.

“The quality of the coffee depends on how the berries are harvested.”

“The pickers carefully selected only the deep red berries, ensuring that the resulting coffee would have a superior flavour profile.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate

v. to go out and look for berries to pick and eat.

v. to gather or harvest berries from the wild or a cultivated area.

“Every summer, the family goes berrying in the hills behind their house.”

“They spent the entire weekend berrying, eventually returning with enough fruit to make several dozen jars of preserves.”