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barberry

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8
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/ˈbɑɹbɛɹi/

Definition of barberry

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Any of the thorny shrubs of genus Berberis, which bear yellow flowers and red or blue-black berries.
    “BOlvs in Engliſh is called a morſell. It is a medicine laxatiue, in forme & faſhion it is meanely whole, & it is ſwallowed by litle gobbets. […] ℞. medulla caſiæ fiſtulæ newly drawen. ℥. j. or ʒ. x. the graines (that is the kernelles) of barbaries. ℈. ß. and with ſugar roſet [sugar compounded with rose petals] make a bole.”
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noun

  1. Any of the thorny shrubs of genus Berberis, which bear yellow flowers and red or blue-black berries.
    “BOlvs in Engliſh is called a morſell. It is a medicine laxatiue, in forme & faſhion it is meanely whole, & it is ſwallowed by litle gobbets. […] ℞. medulla caſiæ fiſtulæ newly drawen. ℥. j. or ʒ. x. the graines (that is the kernelles) of barbaries. ℈. ß. and with ſugar roſet [sugar compounded with rose petals] make a bole.”
  2. The edible fruit of these shrubs.

name

  1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of Beruwala.

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Etymology

From Middle English berberie, from Medieval Latin berberis (on which see Arabic بَرْبَارِيس (barbārīs)), influenced by berie (“berry”). Doublet of berberis and related to Berber.

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