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n. (Bot.) A genus (Actæa) of plants, of the order Ranunculaceæ, native in the north temperate zone. The red or white berries are poisonous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Blæ + berry; akin to Icel blāber, Sw. bl&unr_;bär, D. blaabær. Cf. Blueberry. ] The bilberry. [ North of Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Blaeberry. ] (Bot.) The berry of several species of Vaccinium, an ericaceous genus, differing from the American huckleberries in containing numerous minute seeds instead of ten nutlets. The commonest species are Vaccinium Pennsylvanicum and Vaccinium vacillans. Vaccinium corymbosum is the tall blueberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The small apple-shaped or pear-shaped fruit of an American shrub (Pyrus arbutifolia) growing in damp thickets; also, the shrub. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an evergreen shrub of Western U.S. (Rhamnus californicus), bearing small red or black fruits; -- called also the California buckthorn.
Syn. -- California buckthorn, California coffee, Rhamnus californicus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) See Crowberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A dark blue, edible berry with a white bloom, and its shrub (Gaylussacia frondosa) closely allied to the common huckleberry. The bush is also called blue tangle, and is found from New England to Kentucky, and southward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Ekeberg, a German. ] (Min.) A variety of scapolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Pers. ghebr: cf. F. Guèbre. Cf. Giaour. ] A worshiper of fire; a Zoroastrian; a Parsee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Gooseberries [ Corrupted for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F. groseille, -- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere, kräuselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie (as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie, fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusbär (fr. krus, krusing, crisp). The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. curl. Cf. Grossular, a. ] 1. (Bot.) Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the edible berries of such shrub. There are several species, of which Ribes Grossularia is the one commonly cultivated. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A silly person; a goose cap. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

Barbadoes gooseberry, a climbing prickly shrub (Pereskia aculeata) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries resembling gooseberries. --
Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola. --
Gooseberry fool. See 1st Fool. --
Gooseberry worm (Zool.), the larva of a small moth (Dakruma convolutella). It destroys the gooseberry by eating the interior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Gheber. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A deciduous much-branched shrub (Lyonia ligustrina) with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers.
Syn. -- maleberry, male berry, privet andromeda, Lyonia ligustrina. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. Whortleberry. ] (Bot.) (a) The edible black or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus Gaylussacia, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries (Vaccinium), and formerly confused with them. The commonest huckelberry comes from Gaylussacia resinosa. (b) The shrub that bears the berries. Called also whortleberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

Squaw huckleberry. See Deeberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Huckleberry, Whortleberry. ] See Whortleberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. iisbierg, Sw. isberg, properly, a mountain of ice. See Ice, and Berg. ] A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Icebergs are large detached portions of glaciers, which in cold regions often project into the sea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) (a) The small applelike berry of American trees of genus Amelanchier; -- also called service berry. (b) The shrub or tree which bears this fruit; -- also called shad bush, and shad tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ Named after a German physician and instrument maker, J. N. Lieberkühn. ] (Optics) A concave metallic mirror attached to the object-glass end of a microscope, to throw down light on opaque objects; a reflector. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ See Lieberkuehn. ] (Anat.) The simple tubular glands of the small intestines; -- called also crypts of Lieberkuehn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Bot.) A deciduous much-branched shrub (Lyonia ligustrina) with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers; also called swamp andromeda.
Syn. -- privet andromeda, he-huckleberry, Lyonia ligustrina. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Bot.) A kind of coffee. See Pea berry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mega- + weber. ] (Elec.) A million webers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Micro- + weber. ] (Elec.) The millionth part of one weber. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Milli- + weber. ] (Physics) The thousandth part of one weber. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. nispero medlar and naseberry tree, fr. L. mespilus. See Medlar. ] (Bot.) A tropical fruit. See Sapodilla. [ Written also nisberry. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The herb Paris. See Herb Paris, under Herb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A kind of black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), common in America. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A vertebra. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the name of Professor Weber, a German electrician. ] (Elec.) The standard unit of electrical quantity, and also of current. See Coulomb, and Amp&unr_;re. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. wyrtil a small shrub (dim. of wyrt wort) + E. berry. See Wort, and cf. Huckleberry, Hurtleberry. ] (Bot.) (a) In England, the fruit of Vaccinium Myrtillus; also, the plant itself. See Bilberry, 1. (b) The fruit of several shrubby plants of the genus Gaylussacia; also, any one of these plants. See Huckleberry. [ 1913 Webster ]