berried
/'berid/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Producing or bearing berries: Describes a plant or tree that is currently producing or capable of producing berries.
- Having eggs (of crustaceans): In zoology, specifically describes a female crustacean (like a lobster or shrimp) that is carrying eggs.
Usage Examples
- Adjective (Botany):
- The holly bush in our garden is berried and looks very festive.
- We planted a berried shrub to attract more birds to the yard.
- Adjective (Zoology):
- Fishermen are required to return any berried lobsters to the sea to protect the population.
- The berried shrimp carried hundreds of tiny eggs under her tail.
Advanced Usage
- "Heavily berried": Used to emphasize that a plant is producing a large quantity of berries.
- The rowan tree was heavily berried this autumn.
- "Berried female": A standard term in fisheries and marine biology for an egg-carrying female crustacean.
- The conservation law prohibits the capture of berried females.
Variants and Related Words
- Berry (n): A small, pulpy, and often edible fruit, typically from a shrub or vine.
- Strawberries and blueberries are popular types of berry.
- Unberried (adj): Not bearing berries or eggs. Often used as an antonym.
- The unberried female crab was of legal size for harvesting.
Synonyms
- Fruiting (adj): Bearing fruit. (Note: This is a broader term that includes berries.)
- Gravid (adj): Carrying eggs or young; pregnant. (Used in zoological contexts, similar to the second meaning.)
Related Phrases
- "In berry": An alternative phrase meaning the same as 'berried', especially for crustaceans.
- Lobsters that are "in berry" must be released.
Adjective
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producing or bearing berries
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