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Noun blackberry has 2 senses

blackberry - large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
--₁ is a kind of berry; drupelet
--₁ is a part of
true blackberry, Rubus fruticosus; western blackberry, western dewberry, Rubus ursinus

Derived form: verb blackberry₁
blackberry, blackberry bush - bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle
--₂ is a kind of bramble bush
--₂ has particulars:
true blackberry, Rubus fruticosus; sand blackberry, Rubus cuneifolius; dewberry, dewberry bush, running blackberry; western blackberry, western dewberry, Rubus ursinus

Verb blackberry has 1 sense

blackberry - pick or gather blackberries; "The children went blackberrying"
--₁ is one way to berry

Derived form: noun blackberry₁
Sample sentence:
In the summer they like to go out and blackberry