berberis

/ ˈbɜːbərɪs /

noun

C19: from Medieval Latin, of unknown origin

Berberis Thunbergii, or Barberry, makes a fine hedge, on account of its beautiful foliage and scarlet fruit.

Red-tinted Berberis always looks well alone, if three or four branches are boldly cut from two to three feet long.

It is not a Bamboo at all, but allied to Berberis; the Chinese plant it for good luck near their houses.

The berries of Berberis are edible; those of the native barberry are sometimes made into preserves.

We have before us an Æcidium on leaves of Berberis vulgaris, collected at Berne by Shuttleworth in 1833.

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