berrylike
/bˈɛɹilˌaɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling a berry.
Example Sentences
- "Black crowberry. Empetrum nigrum. Crowberry Family. Fruit. — The black drupe is berrylike, globular, and incloses six to nine seedlike nutlets with a seed in each. The calyx is at the base and the stigma is at the apex. The drupes are solitary in the leaf axils. They are juicy, acid, edible, and serve as food for the Arctic birds."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-West Germanic *baʀi Old English berġe Middle English berie English berry Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English berrylike From berry + -like.
Inflected Forms
more berrylike (comparative)
most berrylike (superlative)