berried
/ˈbɛrid
/adjective
1Bearing or covered with berries: [often in combination]: red-berried elder trees...
- To one side is flowering vegetation and to the other an alert exotic bird shrieks from a ball finial beside a potted berried bush and a teapot, insects and butterflies whirl above.
- In the West we have used our native holly, ivy and mistletoe rather than any other foliage plant or berried bush, sometimes separately, sometimes in combination in the form of a wreath or garland.
- The stormcock, a fine and appropriate alternative name for the mistle thrush, will defend a berried bush, especially in hard weather, against other birds of the thrush family, blackbirds, song thrushes; and our winter visitors the redwings and fieldfares.
2Like a berry or berries, as in flavour or shape.Full and wholesome attack, lots of berried flavour, the tannins are ripe and aid the persistence....
- I have to say that the finish was without a question its saving grace: long, elegant, with a nice dark berried flavor.
- Mouth filling and satisfying, the palate is luscious with soft-bodied, full berried flavor.
3(Of crustaceans or fish) bearing eggs.The fishermen say legislation to protect berried lobsters has been tried before and is unenforceable....
- Undersized and berried fish must be returned to the sea as soon as possible to ensure their maximum chance of survival.
- There is also a closed season each year too (and it's now) and it is illegal to take berried fish.