barberry (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *barberry*:
NOUN	plant	barberry	any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries

English > *barberry*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries.
Member of	Berberis, genus Berberis	large genus of shrubs of temperate zones of New and Old Worlds
Narrower	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
	Japanese barberry, Berberis thunbergii	Compact deciduous shrub having persistent red berries
	common barberry, European barberry, Berberis vulgaris	upright deciduous European shrub widely naturalized in United States having clusters of juicy berries
Broader	shrub, bush	A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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