barberry

[ bahr-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]

/ ˈbɑrˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

noun, plural bar·ber·ries.

a shrub of the genus Berberis, especially B. vulgaris, having yellow flowers in elongated clusters.Compare barberry family.

the red, elongated, acid fruit of this shrub.

Origin of barberry

1350–1400; Middle English barbere<Medieval Latin barbaris (<Arabic barbāris), with -baris conformed to bereberry

Words nearby barberry

Barbera, barber chair, barber college, barberite, barber pole, barberry, barberry family, barbershop, barbershopper, barbershop singing, barber's itch

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Example sentences from the Web for barberry

The Barberry is an ornamental shrub, on account of its graceful yellow blossoms and its bright scarlet berries.
Chatterbox, 1906|Various
If you really want to come to the laboratory, Mrs. Barberry, we ought to be off.
Hilda|Sarah Jeanette Duncan
It does not grow in bunches like our barberry, but here and there two or three together about the stalk.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. VIII.|Robert Kerr
The Japanese Barberry can also be included, nothing equals it in artistic value.
Garden Ornaments|Mary H. Northend

One can imagine her cantering fast and far with a sense of conscious possession in spite of Mrs. Barberry and the two nurses.
Hilda|Sarah Jeanette Duncan

British Dictionary definitions for barberry

barberry

/ (ˈbɑːbərɪ) /

noun plural -ries

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

the fruit of any of these plants

Word Origin for barberry

C15: from Old French berberis, from Arabic barbāris

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单词	barberry
释义	barberry [ bahr-ber-ee, -buh-ree ] / ˈbɑrˌbɛr i, -bə ri / noun, plural bar·ber·ries. a shrub of the genus Berberis, especially B. vulgaris, having yellow flowers in elongated clusters.Compare barberry family. the red, elongated, acid fruit of this shrub. Origin of barberry 1350–1400; Middle English barbere<Medieval Latin barbaris (<Arabic barbāris), with -baris conformed to bereberry Words nearby barberry Barbera, barber chair, barber college, barberite, barber pole, barberry, barberry family, barbershop, barbershopper, barbershop singing, barber's itch Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for barberry The Barberry is an ornamental shrub, on account of its graceful yellow blossoms and its bright scarlet berries. Chatterbox, 1906\|Various If you really want to come to the laboratory, Mrs. Barberry, we ought to be off. Hilda\|Sarah Jeanette Duncan It does not grow in bunches like our barberry, but here and there two or three together about the stalk. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. VIII.\|Robert Kerr The Japanese Barberry can also be included, nothing equals it in artistic value. Garden Ornaments\|Mary H. Northend One can imagine her cantering fast and far with a sense of conscious possession in spite of Mrs. Barberry and the two nurses. Hilda\|Sarah Jeanette Duncan British Dictionary definitions for barberry barberry / (ˈbɑːbərɪ) / noun plural -ries 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 the fruit of any of these plants Word Origin for barberry C15: from Old French berberis, from Arabic barbāris Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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