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barberry
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun barberry has 1 sense
- barberry(n = noun.plant) - any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries; is a member of berberis, genus berberis
has particulars: american barberry, berberis canadensis, berberis vulgaris, common barberry, european barberry, berberis thunbergii, japanese barberry
is a kind of bush, shrub
CIDE DICTIONARY
barberry, n. [OE. barbarin, barbere, OF. berbere.].
A shrub of the genus Berberis , common along roadsides and in neglected fields. Berberis vulgaris is the species best known; its oblong red berries are made into a preserve or sauce, and have been deemed efficacious in fluxes and fevers. The bark dyes a fine yellow, esp. the bark of the root. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
barberry, n. (pl. -ies)
1 any shrub of the genus Berberis, with spiny shoots, yellow flowers, and ovoid red berries, often grown as hedges.
2 its berry.
1 any shrub of the genus Berberis, with spiny shoots, yellow flowers, and ovoid red berries, often grown as hedges.
2 its berry.
Etymology
ME f. OF berberis, of unkn. orig.: assim. to BERRY
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