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Sign in to save{|style="width: 300px; height: 300px; float:right; text-align: center;" | File:Berberis thunbergii berries.jpg|Japanese barberries File:Norwegian blueberry.jpg|Bilberry File:Ribes rubrum2005-07-17.JPG|Redcurrants File:Lonicera coerulea a3.jpg|Honeysuckle File:Stachelbeere (Ribes uva-crispa).jpg|Gooseberries File:Rubus chamaemorus close-up.JPG|Cloudberry File:Vaccinium corymbosum a2.jpg|Highbush blueberries File:Black Butte blackberry.jpg|Blackberries |} A berry is a small, pulpy, and often edible fruit. Typically, berries are juicy, rounded, brightly colored, sweet, sour or tart, and do not h
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A berry is a small, pulpy fruit that is typically juicy, rounded, and brightly colored, often with a sweet, sour, or tart taste. Berries are important as a food source and include varieties like blueberries, blackberries, redcurrants, and gooseberries.
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23 sectionsContents
- History
- Etymology
- Botanical definition
- Cultivation
- Agricultural methods
- Breeding
- Horticultural soft fruit berries
- Commercial production
- Economics
- Phytochemicals and color
- Culinary significance
- Use in baked goods
- Beverages
- Dried
- Fruit preserves
- Other usages
- In culture
- Dye
- Research
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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|} A berry is a small, pulpy, and often edible fruit. Typically, berries are juicy, rounded, brightly colored, sweet, sour or tart, and do not have a stone or pit although many pips or seeds may be present. Common examples of berries in the culinary sense are strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, white currants, blackcurrants, and redcurrants. In Britain, soft fruit is a horticultural term for such fruits.