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What is the difference between heathberry and berry?

heathberry | berry | Derived terms |

Heathberry is a derived term of berry.

heathberry

Not English

Heathberry has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

berry

English

(wikipedia berry)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Vladimir Orel, ''A Handbook of Germanic Etymology , s.v. “*?azjan” (Leiden: Brill, 2003), 40.

Noun

(berries)
  • A small fruit, of any one of many varieties.
  • (botany) A soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits.
  • A coffee bean.
  • One of the ova or eggs of a fish.
    • (Travis)
    Derived terms
    * apple-berry * Avignon berry * baneberry * barberry * bayberry * bearberry * beautyberry * the berries * berry alder * berry-bearing alder * berry-button * berrying * berryless * berry sugar * berry wax * bilberry, billberry * blackberry * blaeberry * blueberry * boxberry * boysenberry * bramberry * brambleberry * bread-berry * buckthorn berry * buffalo berry, buffalo-berry, buffaloberry * bulberry, bullberry, bull berry * bunchberry * candleberry * cassioberry * checker-berry, checkerberry * China-berry, chinaberry * choke-berry, chokeberry * Christmas berry * cloudberry * coffee-berry * coral-berry, coralberry * cow-berry, cowberry * crackerberry * cranberry * crowberry * cubeb berry * curlew-berry * dabbery, dayberry, deberry * deerberry * dew-berry, dewberry * dangleberry, tangleberry * dingleberry * dogberry * dway-berry * egg-berry * elderberry * farkleberry * feaberry * fen-berry * foxberry * French berry * fryberry * gallberry * gooseberry * guavaberry * hackberry, hagberry, heckberry, hegberry * heathberry, heath-berry * hedge-berry, hedgeberry * heurtleberry, hurtleberry * hillberry * hindberry * honeyberry * hound-berry, hound's-berry * huckleberry * hurtleberry * ink-berry, inkberry * ivenberry, ivy-berry * Juneberry * knotberry, knoutberry * lemonade berry * lingberry, lingenberry, lingonberry * logan berry, loganberry * marionberry * marlberry * moss-berry, mossberry * mulberry * myrtle-berry * nannyberry * naseberry * nessberry * nub-berry * one-berry * oso-berry * partridge berry, partridge-berry, partridgeberry * peaberry * Persian berry * pigeon-berry * poison berry * pokeberry * quinsy-berry * raccoon-berry, racoon-berry * ramble-berry * raspberry * Rhein-berry * riberry * roan-berry, rowan-berry * roebuck-berry * rumberry * salal berry * salmon berry, salmonberry * scald-berry * sea-berry * service-berry, serviceberry * shadberry * sheepberry * silverberry * smurfberry * snowberry * soapberry * sparkleberry * spiceberry * strawberry * sugar berry, sugar-berry, sugarberry * sunberry * tayberry * tea-berry, teaberry * tetter-berry * thimbleberry * timberry * tummelberry * twinberry * veitchberry * wax-berry, waxberry * wheat berry * whinberry * whortleberry * wickeyberry tree * wineberry * winterberry * wolfberry * wonderberry * Worcesterberry * yellow berry * youngberry
    References

    Verb

  • To pick berries.
    • On summer days Grandma used to take us berrying , whether we wanted to go or not.
  • To bear or produce berries.
    • Usage notes
    * Unlikely to be used to refer to commercial harvesting of berries.
    Derived terms
    *

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (berries)
  • A mound; a barrow.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (berries)
  • (dialectal) A burrow, especially a rabbit's burrow.
  • An excavation; a military mine.

    • Etymology 4

    From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) *.

    Verb

  • To beat; give a beating to; thrash.
  • To thresh (grain).