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barberry family

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Noun1.barberry family - shrubs or herbs
Berberidaceae, family Berberidaceae
magnoliid dicot family - family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
order Ranales, order Ranunculales, Ranales, Ranunculales - herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae
Berberis, genus Berberis - large genus of shrubs of temperate zones of New and Old Worlds
Caulophyllum, genus Caulophyllum - blue cohosh
Epimedium, genus Epimedium - herbaceous perennials of Mediterranean to India and eastern Asia
genus Mahonia, Mahonia - evergreen shrubs and small trees of North and Central America and Asia
genus Podophyllum, Podophyllum - perennial rhizomatous herbs


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It is the barberry family and is represented not only by the true barberries but by nandinas, mahonias and epimediums as well.
GARDENING : VALLEY NOW READY FOR THE COLORS OF FALL by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Three shrubs in the barberry family have foliage that changes color in the fall: Oregon grape (Mahonia aquifolium,) heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica) and Japanese barberry (Berberis Thunbergii.
GARDENING : SPLASH OF COLOR WELCOME DURING COLD, GRAY MONTHS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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