berried

/'berid/

Thân thiện

The bush is berried with bright red fruit.

Definition

1. 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.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. producing or bearing berries

Từ đồng nghĩa

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