Barberry

  • 11barberry — noun A thorny shrub that bears yellow flowers and red or blue black berries …

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  • 12barberry — bar·ber·ry bär .ber ē, Brit often & US sometimes b(ə )rē n, pl ries 1) any shrub of the genus Berberis 2 a) an evergreen shrub of the genus Mahonia (esp. M. aquifolium) b) BERBERIS ( …

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  • 13barberry — bar·ber·ry || bɑːbÉ™rɪ n. type of bush; fruit of this bush …

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  • 14barberry — noun (plural barberries) a spiny shrub with yellow flowers and red berries. [Berberis vulgaris and other species.] Origin ME: from OFr. berberis (see berberis) …

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  • 15barberry — n. Pepperidge bush or pipperidgebush (Berberis vulgaris) …

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  • 16barberry — bar·ber·ry …

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  • 17barberry — bar•ber•ry [[t]ˈbɑrˌbɛr i, bə ri[/t]] n. pl. ries 1) pln a shrub of the genus Berberis, esp. B. vulgaris, having yellow flowers in elongated clusters 2) pln the red fruit of this shrub • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME barbere < ML barbaris (< Ar… …

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  • 18barberry — /ˈbabəri/ (say bahbuhree) noun (plural barberries) 1. a shrub of the genus Berberis, especially B. vulgaris often cultivated as a hedge plant or an ornamental. 2. its red, elongated, acid fruit. {Middle English barbere, from Medieval Latin… …

  • 19barberry — 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. Etymology: ME f. OF berberis, of unkn. orig.: assim. to BERRY …

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  • 20California barberry — Mahonia pinnata California barberry Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division …

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