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berried

American  
[ber-eed] / ˈbɛr id /

adjective

  1. covered with or yielding berries.

  2. of or like a berry; baccate.

  3. (of lobsters, crayfish, etc.) having eggs.


Etymology

Origin of berried

First recorded in 1785–95; berry + -ed 3

Example Sentences

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The floral arrangements used “English foliage — holly, berried ivy and red skimmia,” and the tree was to be recycled to be viewed by holiday visitors to Windsor.

From Washington Post • Dec. 25, 2022

In fall, masses of winter pansies, ornamental kale and berried shrubs replace tender plantings in the massive window box and containers, while the trim boxwood hedges and clipped hollies carry the show throughout winter.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2021

She moved the jar of arbutus into place again; picked out a spray, dark-leafed, berried with scarlet and orange, tried it against the dull serge of her frock.

From The Disturbing Charm by Ruck, Berta

The leppards used to live there together, and when they died, they was berried at dead o' night down at thicky spit you sees yonder.

From The Astonishing History of Troy Town by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Now the childern be a-pryèn Roun' the berried bremble-bow, Zome a-laughèn, woone a-cryèn Vor the slent her frock do show.

From Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect by Barnes, William

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