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barberryn. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin berberis, barbaris. Etymology: < post-classical Latin berberis (11th cent.; from 13th cent. in British sources; also barbaris (1440 in Promptorium Parvulorum): see note), with subsequent folk-etymological assimilation to berry n.1 (compare bearberry n. 1). Compare earlier barbaryn n.2, and later Berberis n.Post-classical Latin berberis, barbaris is < Arabic barbārīs (13th cent.), shortened < ambarbārīs (12th cent. or earlier; probably a loanword). Compare Middle French berbere, Middle French berberis, French berbéris (mid 16th cent.), Spanish berberís (a1325), Italian berbero (14th cent. as berberi). N.E.D. (1885) enters this under the double headword barberry, berberry and gives the pronunciations (bā·ɹbĕri, bə̄·ɹbĕri) /ˈbɑːbərɪ/, /ˈbɜːbərɪ/. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > barberry bush c1475 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Taylor) in J. Robson (1842) 3 Vndur a lefe sale, Of box and of barbere [?a1425 Lamb. berber, c1440 Thornton Barborane], byggyt ful bene. 1548 W. Turner sig. E.viii. Berberies growe wylde in the hedges and woddes in Germany, but in Englande onely in gardines. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens 684 The leaues and fruite of Barberies are of complexion colde. 1726 R. Bradley (ed. 5) 209 The Barberry is a pleasant Shrub, bearing beautiful Branches of yellow Flowers in the Spring, and no less delightful Clusters of red Berries towards the Autumn. 1830 J. Lindley 31 The spines of the common Berberry are a curious state of leaf, in which the parenchyma is displaced, and the ribs have become indurated. 1872 D. Oliver (new ed.) ii. 131 In most of the species of Barberry the terminal leaflet only is developed. 1946 1 59 It [sc. the star acacia] is not so stockproof as barberry and boxthorn and needs regular trimming to prevent legginess at the base. 2004 Winter 8/3 Barberry and other bird-dispersed, invasive shrubs..are transforming areas of forest understory and riverbanks..into monocultures. the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > barberry the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > barberry ?1537 T. Elyot iii. vi. f. 58verso Digestiues of choler. Endyue. Lettyse... Barberyes. 1591 J. Hester tr. J. Du Chesne True Spagerike Prepar. Minerals vii, in tr. J. Du Chesne f. 33 The iuice of Lemondes and Barberes. 1625 Althorp MS in J. N. Simpkinson Introd. 62 Lumpe sugar for conserve of barbaries. 1707 H. Sloane I. 102 Berries oblong, red at first, and afterwards blackish,..the whole looking like a String of Berberies. 1796 (new ed.) v. 79 Garnish with barberries and lemon. 1864 W. H. Ainsworth 85 A piquant sauce of oiled butter and barberries. 1973 C. A. Wilson (1991) ii. 53 Currants and prunes were abandoned in favour of gooseberries, grapes or barberries, added towards the end of the cooking time. 2008 S. Faulks viii. 99 ‘Javaber polow,’ said Darius. ‘Jewelled rice. The layers are orange peel, saffron, barberries and—I forget what else.’ Compoundsthe world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > barberry bush 1538 T. Elyot Pyxacantha, & Pyxacanthos, a Berberye tree. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens 684 With the greene leaues of the Barberie bush they make sawce to eate with meates. 1654 T. Barker 19 There be many other kind of Bush-trees, which will grow of Cions prickt in the ground, as the Gooseberry-tree, the small Raisin-tree, the Berberrie-tree, the Black Thorne-tree. 1789 J. Woodforde 14 July (1927) III. 121 We had..Currant and Apricot Tarts, Barberry Tarts and Custards. 1839 W. B. Stonehouse 353 An old barbary tree. 1855 H. W. Longfellow Introd. 8 The tangled barberry-bushes Hang their tufts of crimson berries. 1914 J. P. Howard ii. i. 178 He had toast, usually of oatmeal bread, and very often barberry jelly. 1946 A. Nelson xxv. 502 The part involved in black or yellow rust may be seen in the upper surface of the barberry leaf as a small flask-shaped structure sunk in the leaf tissue. 2010 25 Sept. 24/1 From 1918 through 1975 more than 100 million barberry bushes were eradicated in the United States alone in an effort to eliminate stem rust's seasonal home. C2. 1810 E. Donovan XIV. 66 We have named it the Barberry Moth, in allusion to the plant on which the larva usually feeds.] 1832 J. Rennie 122 The Barberry Carpet (A. Berberata, Stephens) appears the middle of June. 1992 24 Aug. 5/6 The Barberry Carpet moth, Pareulype berberata, used to be common in many parts of Britain until farmers began to rid their hedges of barberry because this shrub harbours the wheat rust fungus which spoils crops. 2021 (Nexis) 11 Mar. 12 The barberry carpet moth was once found across Britain, but now it is believed there are around just 12 colonies of the species left. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < n.c1475 |