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Any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries
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barberry
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n. any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Barberry \Bar"ber*ry\, n. [OE. barbarin, barbere, OF. berbere.] (Bot.) 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, ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of the thorny shrubs of genus ''Berberis'', which bear yellow flowers and red or blue-black berries.
Usage examples of barberry.
The berries upon old Barberry shrubs are often stoneless, and this is the best fruit for preserving or for making the jelly.
Vedder came out and linking his arm in mine and pointing out various spireas and Japanese barberries, of which he was very proud, we walked into the house together.
British plants Balancement of growth Bamboo with hooks Barberry, flowers of Barrande, M.
The Naysayer had taken dried blackroot and barberry leaves and made a hot tea from them, which he woke Ash every few hours to drink.
Barberry [Berberis Vulgaris]: Source of a somewhat fugitive yellow dye.
The warm air was gently scented with barberry, presumably from the candles burning in glass-and-brass lanterns in the four corners of the room.
Haugh did a sound trade in horse chestnuts and slippery-elm bark, and usually was able to provide me with peppermint and barberry, as well.
Inside she found comfrey, woundheal, lily of the valley, cowslip, barberry, witch hazel and willow.