berry
noun
any small, usually stoneless, juicy fruit, irrespective of botanical structure, as the huckleberry, strawberry, or hackberry.
berrylike
-
a word derived from
berry.
Example Sentences
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Its ability to float comes from the small berrylike orbs sprouting from the plant — gas-filled structures mostly containing oxygen.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2023
Small white flowers shaped like bells appear in early spring and are followed in autumn by orange-red berrylike fruits up to half an inch in diameter.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
Ruby Hibiscus Water, a bottled beverage made in New York, conveys the plant’s signature tartness, in a richer, more berrylike brew.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
“Tersi” is Latin for clean, as in clean room, and “coccus” comes from Greek and describes the bacterium in this genus’s berrylike shape.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 20, 2013
Leaves awllike, one-half inch long or less, stiff and sharp, spreading from the twigs; fruit, berrylike.
From Grand Teton [Wyoming] National Park by United States Dept. of the Interior
