Barberry Definition

bärbĕrē
barberries
noun
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 ornamentals or hedge plants.
American Heritage
Any of a genus (Berberis) of spiny shrubs of the barberry family, with sour, red berries and yellow flowers: it is often used for hedges.
Webster's New World
The berry.
Webster's New World

Any of the thorny shrubs of genus Berberis, which bear yellow flowers and red or blue-black berries.

Wiktionary
adjective
Designating a family (Berberidaceae) of mostly spiny dicotyledonous plants (order Ranunculales), including the May apple and mahonia.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Barberry

Noun

Singular:
barberry
Plural:
barberries

Origin of Barberry

  • Middle English berberie alteration (influenced by berye berry) of Medieval Latin berberis from Arabic barbārīs, ambirbārīs, amīrbārīs of unknown origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English berberie, from Medieval Latin berberis, of unknown origin.

    From Wiktionary

Barberry Sentence Examples

  • In that case either very little secondary tissue is formed, as in the gourds, some Ranunculaceae, &c., or a considerable amount may be produced (clematis, barberry, ivy).

  • All these forms have of course their aecidium-stage on the barberry.

  • In some leaves, as in the barberry, the veins are hardened, producing spines without any parenchyma.

  • The leaves of barberry and of some species of Astragalus, and the stipules of the false acacia (Robinia) are spiny.

  • The pollen is set free by the opening (dehiscence) of the anther, generally by means of longitudinal slits, but sometimes by pores, as in the heath family (Ericaceae), or by valves, as in the barberry.

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