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Large genus of shrubs of temperate zones of New and Old Worlds
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berberis
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n. Any of very many evergreen or deciduous shrubs of the genus ''Berberis''.
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Berberis is a large genus of deciduous and evergreen shrubs from tall found throughout the temperate and subtropical regions of the world (apart from Australia). Species diversity is greatest in South America , Africa and Asia ; Europe and North America ...
Usage examples of berberis.
As he spoke a blackbird came running with a chuckle from underneath the berberis, looked at them with alarm, and ran back.
The chaffinches clinked in the apple trees and the bees droned round the berberis bushes, and the waning sunlight slanted pleasantly across the garden plots, but between the neighbour households had sprung up a barrier of hate, permeating and permanent.
Many organs, when touched, bend in one fixed direction, such as the stamens of Berberis, the lobes of Dionaea, etc.
He walks faster, looking steadfastly away from her, not caring that his trousers catch on Berberis thorns.
Fluids, nitrogenous, effects of, on Drosera, 76 Fournier, on acids causing movements in stamens of Berberis, 196 Frankland, Prof.
Haematin, its digestion by Drosera, 121 Hairs, glandular, absorption by, 344 , , summary on, 353 Heat, inducing aggregation in Drosera, 53 , effect of, on Drosera, 66 , , on Dionaea, 294, 319 Heckel, on state of stamens of Berberis after excitement, 43 Hofmeister, on pressure arresting movements of protoplasm, 61 Holland, Mr.