barberry means any of the thorny shrubs of genus Berberis, which bear yellow flowers and red or blue-black berries. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
barberry is pronounced /ˈbɑɹbɛɹi/.
noun
- 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.”
- The edible fruit of these shrubs.