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单词 barberry
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barberry

/ˈbɑːb(ə)ri /
noun (plural barberries)
A spiny shrub which typically has yellow flowers and red berries, frequently grown for ornamental hedging.
  • Genus Berberis, family Berberidaceae: many species.
They are also attracted by the berries on the holly and some of the dogwoods and barberries around the yard, as well as the flowers with seedpods that I left for them in the main garden....
  • Swirling robins and starlings competed for the red berries of the barberry and the blue berries of the privet.
  • The barberry bushes have bright red little berries for all the world like Redhot candies.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French berberis (see berberis). The change in the ending was due to association with berry.

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