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bar·ber·ry  (bärbr)

n.

Any of various shrubs of the genus Berberis having leaves that are often clustered, small yellow flowers, and red, orange, or blackish berries. They are grown as specimen or hedge plants.

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[Middle English berberie, from Medieval Latin berberis.]

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barberry

Noun

pl -ries a shrub with orange or red berries [Arabic barbāris]

Thesaurus

Noun

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barberry - any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries Berberis, genus Berberis - large genus of shrubs of temperate zones of New and Old Worlds American barberry, Berberis canadensis - deciduous shrub of eastern North America whose leaves turn scarlet in autumn and having racemes of yellow flowers followed by ellipsoid glossy red berries Berberis vulgaris, common barberry, European barberry - upright deciduous European shrub widely naturalized in United States having clusters of juicy berries Berberis thunbergii, Japanese barberry - compact deciduous shrub having persistent red berries; widespread in cultivation especially for hedges bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems