Hypertext Webster Gateway: "barberry"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Barberry \Bar"ber*ry\, n. [OE. barbarin, barbere, OF. berbere.]
(Bot.)
A shrub of the genus {Berberis}, common along roadsides and
in neglected fields. {B. vulgaris} is the species best known;
its oblong red berries are made into a preserve or sauce, and
have been deemed efficacious in fluxes and fevers. The bark
dyes a fine yellow, esp. the bark of the root. [Also spelt
{berberry}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
barberry
n : any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly
stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries
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