barberry
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barberry¹
- /ˈbɑɹbɛɹi/
Where it comes from
From Middle English berberie, from Medieval Latin berberis (on which see Arabic بَرْبَارِيس (barbārīs)), influenced by berie (“berry”). Doublet of berberis and related to Berber.
noun barberries
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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 r
Similar: berberis
- The edible fruit of these shrubs.
Barberry²
proper noun
- Obsolete form of Beruwala
Translations
Every language
noun Berberis
| Español | agracejo, alarguez, michay, calafate |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 매자나무 maejanamu |
| 日本語 | メギ megi |
| 中文 | 小檗 xiǎobò |
| Português | bérberis, uva-espim |
| Français | épine-vinette |
| Deutsch | Berberitze, Sauerdorn, Essigbeere |
| Italiano | crespino |
| Română | dracilă |
| Русский | барбари́с barbarís |
| العربية | بَرْبَارِيس barbārīs, زِرِشْك zirišk |
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title = {barberry},
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