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blackberry (sh) and est. (oh)


blackberry (sh)




Usually prickly, fruit-bearing bush of the genus Rubus, in the rose family, native chiefly to northern temperate regions.

The blackberry is abundant in eastern North America and on the Pacific coast; in Europe it is common in thickets and hedges. Its usually biennial, prickly, and erect, semierect, or trailing stems bear leaves with usually three or five oval, coarsely toothed, stalked leaflets; white, pink, or red flowers in terminal clusters; and black or red-purple aggregate fruits. The several trailing species are commonly called dewberries. Blackberries are a fairly good source of iron and vitamin C.


Blackberry (Rubus).

Derek Fell


est. (oh)



the written abbreviation of established
::H. Perkins and Company, est. 1869
the written abbreviation of estimated