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

The berried briony garlands clung to the bared hedges, and here and there flared scarlet, still holding their red defiantly until hard frosts should come to shrivel and blacken them.

From The Shuttle by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

An' dat's whah my daughter-in-law's folks 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)