berried

[ ber-eed ]

adjective

1. covered with or yielding berries.
2. of or like a berry; baccate.
3. (of lobsters, crayfish, etc.) having eggs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of berried¹

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

Example Sentences

Jaeger is a large-clustered, small-berried grape from Munson of Texas.

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A very late, large-clustered, small-berried, white grape; self-fertile.

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The Swiss scarlet-berried elder (Sambucus rufus) is graceful in growth, and will endure some hard usage.

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The berried shrubs of rock and wood, however dwarfed in stature, are true builders.

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Finely dressed visitors have come to the blue-berried juniper and the monstrous pokeweed of the terra-cotta stem.

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