Careful Words

berry (n.)

  • acorn
  • akee
  • ananas
  • apple
  • apricot
  • avocado
  • banana
  • bearberry
  • bilberry
  • blackberry
  • cacao
  • candleberry
  • canistel
  • cantaloupe
  • capulin
  • casaba
  • checkerberry
  • cherimoya
  • cherry
  • citrange
  • citron
  • citrus
  • cranberry
  • currant
  • damson
  • date
  • dewberry
  • elderberry
  • feijoa
  • fig
  • flaxseed
  • fruit
  • gooseberry
  • grain
  • grape
  • grapefruit
  • guanabana
  • guava
  • hayseed
  • honeydew
  • huckleberry
  • icaco
  • ilama
  • jaboticaba
  • jackfruit
  • jujube
  • kernel
  • kumquat
  • lemon
  • lime
  • lingonberry
  • linseed
  • litchi
  • loganberry
  • loquat
  • mango
  • mangosteen
  • manzanilla
  • marang
  • mayapple
  • medlar
  • melon
  • mulberry
  • muscadine
  • muscat
  • muscatel
  • muskmelon
  • nectarine
  • nut
  • olive
  • orange
  • papaw
  • papaya
  • peach
  • pear
  • persimmon
  • pineapple
  • pip
  • pippin
  • pit
  • plantain
  • plum
  • plumcot
  • pomegranate
  • prune
  • quince
  • raisin
  • rambutan
  • raspberry
  • seed
  • stone
  • strawberry
  • sugarplum
  • sweetsop
  • tangelo
  • tangerine

berry (v.)

  We may say of angling as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries: "Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did;" and so, if I might be judge, God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.

Izaak Walton (1593-1683): The Complete Angler. Part i. Chap. v.