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• past participle of berry.
• past tense form of berry.

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.

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Etymology

Origin of berried

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

Example Sentences

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 began to take a pride in making the cabin as comfortable as circumstances would allow, even going to the trouble of seeking berried evergreens in the woods and transforming these into table decoration.

From Colorado Jim by Goodchild, George

I knose whah de old Deatherage graveyard is, too, up close to Stoneville whah sum Daltons is berried.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Various

Large numbers of "berried" lobsters are also captured, the eggs brushed off, and the lobsters sold as ordinary female lobsters.

From The Lobster Fishery of Maine Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 19, Pages 241-265, 1899 by Cobb, John N. (John Nathan)