berried

[ber-eed]

adjective

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

Origin of berried

First recorded in 1785–95; berry + -ed³

berry

[ber-ee]

noun, plural ber·ries.

any small, usually stoneless, juicy fruit, irrespective of botanical structure, as the huckleberry, strawberry, or hackberry.
Botany. a simple fruit having a pulpy pericarp in which the seeds are embedded, as the grape, gooseberry, currant, or tomato.
a dry seed or kernel, as of wheat.
the hip of the rose.
one of the eggs of a lobster, crayfish, etc.
the berries, Older Slang. someone or something very attractive or unusual.

verb (used without object), ber·ried, ber·ry·ing.

to gather or pick berries: We went berrying this morning.
to bear or produce berries.

Origin of berry

before 1000; Middle English berie, Old English beri(g)e; cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German beri (German Beere), Old Norse ber < Germanic basjá-; akin to Dutch besie, Gothic -basi < Germanic básja-

Related formsber·ry·less, adjectiveber·ry·like, adjective

Can be confusedBarry berry bury

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Examples from the Web for berried

Historical Examples of berried

Baccate, berried, berry-like, of a pulpy nature like a berry (bacca).
The Elements of Botany
Asa Gray
They would not give me the price of the habit that was berried with their father.
The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent
S.M. Hussey
The berried holly is now in great demand all along the Pacific shores, and American purchasers are eager to buy it.
Some Reminiscences of old Victoria
Edgar Fawcett
They are trees or shrubs with long, generally narrow leaves, panicles of small whitish flowers, and berried fruit.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6
Various
I knose whah de old Deatherage graveyard is, too, up close to Stoneville whah sum Daltons is berried.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States
Various

British Dictionary definitions for berried

berry

noun plural -ries

any of various small edible fruits such as the blackberry and strawberry
botany an indehiscent fruit with two or more seeds and a fleshy pericarp, such as the grape or gooseberry
any of various seeds or dried kernels, such as a coffee bean
the egg of a lobster, crayfish, or similar animal

verb -ries, -rying or -ried (intr)

to bear or produce berries
to gather or look for berries

Derived Formsberried, adjective

Word Origin for berry

Old English berie; related to Old High German beri, Dutch bezie

Berry

noun

(ˈbɛrɪ) Chuck, full name Charles Edward Berry . born 1926, US rock-and-roll guitarist, singer, and songwriter. His frequently covered songs include "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Johnny B. Goode" (1958), "Memphis, Tennessee" (1959), and "Promised Land" (1964)
(French bɛri) Jean de France (ʒɑ̃ də frɑ̃s), Duc de. 1340–1416, French prince, son of King John II; coregent (1380–88) for Charles VI and a famous patron of the arts

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Word Origin and History for berried

berry

Old English berie, from Proto-Germanic *basjom (cf. Old Norse ber, Middle Dutch bere, German Beere "berry;" Old Saxon winber, Gothic weinabasi "grape"), of unknown origin. This and apple are the only native fruit names.

berried in Science

berry

[bĕr′ē]

A simple fruit that has many seeds in a fleshy pulp. Grapes, bananas, tomatoes, and blueberries are berries. Compare drupe pome. See more at simple fruit.
A seed or dried kernel of certain kinds of grain or other plants such as wheat, barley, or coffee.

Usage: Cucumbers and tomatoes aren't usually thought of as berries, but to a botanist they are in fact berries, while strawberries and raspberries are not. In botany, a berry is a fleshy kind of simple fruit consisting of a single ovary that has multiple seeds. Other true berries besides cucumbers and tomatoes are bananas, oranges, grapes, and blueberries. Many fruits that are popularly called berries have a different structure and thus are not true berries. For example, strawberries and raspberries are aggregate fruits, developed from multiple ovaries of a single flower. The mulberry is not a true berry either. It is a multiple fruit, like the pineapple, and is made up of the ovaries of several individual flowers.