barberry
Americannoun
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a shrub of the genus Berberis, especially B. vulgaris, having yellow flowers in elongated clusters.
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the red, elongated, acid fruit of this shrub.
noun
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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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the fruit of any of these plants
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of barberry
1350–1400; Middle English barbere < Medieval Latin barbaris (< Arabic barbāris ), with -baris conformed to bere berry
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‘Concorde’ is an especially compact barberry with deep burgundy foliage that holds throughout the summer before turning crimson in fall, together with the ripening rose hips.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2023
Plucking a thorn from a nearby Japanese barberry bush, he scraped the yellow dust off, revealing three painted dots underneath.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2021
"Three of the most common ornamental species that are actually invasive are burning bush, privet, and barberry, but there are dozens of others."
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2021
They dug out more than 30 barberry, nandina and other mature shrubs, but the makeover really picked up steam when Leider got his hands on a sod-cutter.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2021
For Hosea Biglow, nor his literary parent, James Russell Lowell, never dreamed of the significance of this strange spectacle in the shrinkin' hearts of the barberry bloom when surprised with the point of a pin.
From Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things by Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton)
Acres of terraced growing areas and multiple greenhouses produced many native plants grown from seed collected around the park such as sumacs, ceanothus, yellow-blooming flannel bush, manzanitas, barberries, monkeyflowers, Catalina cherry, toyon and coffeeberry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2024
His brisket is shawarma-inspired, served with stewed leeks, thyme and pickled barberries.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2023
The Indian mutanjan pulao is also evocative of the Persian Morasa Polow or jewelled rice that packs in shreds of chicken breast along with barberries, pistachio, raisins and orange peel.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2023
Growing up in her family’s kitchens in and around Atlanta, Tabatabai learned to flavor dishes with traditional Iranian ingredients; barberries for rice, dried black limes and pomegranate molasses for stews.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023
One of my favorite Persian dishes, consisting of rice with saffron, chicken, and barberries.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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