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 Interior, United States Dept. of the