Meaning Of The Word Barberry

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barberry in American English
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
designating a family (Berberidaceae) of mostly spiny dicotyledonous plants, (order Ranunculales), including the May apple and mahonia
noun: a shrub of the genus Berberis, esp. B. vulgaris, having yellow flowers in elongated clusters.

barberry in British English
noun: any spiny berberidaceous shrub of the widely distributed genus Berberis, esp B. vulgaris, having clusters of yellow flowers and orange or red berries: widely cultivated as hedge plants

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