Usually means: Shrub with berries, thorns, medicinal.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. barberry: Merriam-Webster
  2. barberry: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. barberry: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. barberry: Collins English Dictionary
  5. barberry: Vocabulary.com
  6. Barberry, barberry: Wordnik
  7. barberry: Wiktionary
  8. barberry: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. barberry: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. barberry: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. barberry: Dictionary.com
  12. Barberry: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Barberry: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. barberry: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. barberry: Rhymezone
  16. Barberry: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. barberry: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. barberry: FreeDictionary.org
  19. barberry: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. barberry: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Barberry: Health & Beauty Glossary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. barberry: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. barberry: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  4. barberry: Medical dictionary

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Barberry: Botanical Name listing of Plants
  2. A Modern Herbal, 1931, by Mrs. M. Grieve (No longer online)
  3. Garden Flower, Shrub and Tree Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Barberry: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Barberry: Beauty & Health Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Barberry)

▸ noun:  Any of the thorny shrubs of genus Berberis, which bear yellow flowers and red or blue-black berries.
▸ noun:  The edible fruit of these shrubs.
▸ noun:  Obsolete form of Beruwala. [A large town in Kalutara District, Western Province, Sri Lanka.]

Similar:
berberry, common barberry, berberis, creeping barberry, bearberry, brierberry, bramble, inkberry, holly barberry, blackcurrant, more...

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red barberry, purple barberry, Japanese barberry, European barberry, more...

Phrases:
japanese barberry, common barberry, barberry family, european barberry, american barberry, more...

Adjectives:
common, japanese, leaved, european, wild, purple, red, wintergreen, indian, american, native

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Similar:
berberry, common barberry, berberis, creeping barberry, bearberry, brierberry, bramble, inkberry, holly barberry, blackcurrant, more...

Types:
red barberry, purple barberry, Japanese barberry, European barberry, more...

Phrases:
japanese barberry, common barberry, barberry family, european barberry, american barberry, holly-leaves barberry, holly leaves barberry, Magellan barberry, allegheny barberry, wintergreen barberry, more...

Adjectives:
common, japanese, leaved, european, wild, purple, red, wintergreen, indian, american, native



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