name
Meaning 1
Obsolete form of Beruwala.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
barberry
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈbɑɹbɛɹi/
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noun
Meaning 2
Any of the thorny shrubs of genus Berberis, which bear yellow flowers and red or blue-black berries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: berberis
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The edible fruit of these shrubs.
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noun
Meaning 4
any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shrub, bush
Narrower terms: American barberry, Berberis canadensis, common barberry, European barberry, Berberis vulgaris, Japanese barberry, Berberis thunbergii
History
Etymology
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.
Across languages
Translations
75 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Abkhaz: акаҵахәыр (akʼacʼaxwər) — Berberis
- Arabic: بَرْبَارِيس (barbārīs) — Berberis
- Arabic: زِرِشْك (zirišk) — Berberis
- Arabic: زرشك (zirišk) — Berberis
- Armenian: կծոխուր (kcoxur) — Berberis
- Armenian: ծոր (cor) — Berberis
- Armenian: զրիշկ (zrišk) — Berberis
- Azerbaijani: zirinc — Berberis
- Azerbaijani: zirişk — Berberis
- Bulgarian: барбари́с (barbarís) — Berberis
- Catalan: coralet — Berberis
- Chinese Mandarin: 小檗 (xiǎobò) — Berberis
- West Circassian: пэнапцӏэ (pɛnapcʼɛ) — Berberis
- Dutch: zuurbes — Berberis
- Esperanto: berberiso — Berberis
- Finnish: happomarja — Berberis
- French: épine-vinette — Berberis
- Georgian: კოწახური (ḳoc̣axuri) — Berberis
- German: Berberitze — Berberis
- German: Sauerdorn — Berberis
- German: Essigbeere — Berberis
- Hungarian: borbolya — Berberis
- Icelandic: broddur — Berberis
- Ido: berberiso — Berberis
- Irish: barbróg — Berberis
- Italian: crespino — Berberis
- Japanese: メギ (megi) — Berberis
- Kazakh: бөріқарақат (börıqaraqat) — Berberis
- Korean: 매자나무 (maejanamu) — Berberis
- Central Kurdish: زِریشک (zirîşk) — Berberis
- Latin: berberis — Berberis
- Latin: -is — Berberis
- Latin: oxyacanthus — Berberis
- Latin: -ī — Berberis
- Latin: oxyacantha — Berberis
- Latin: -ae — Berberis
- Latin: spīna acida — Berberis
- Laz: კაწახური (ǩaǯaxuri) — Berberis
- Lithuanian: raugerškis — Berberis
- Macedonian: жолтика (žoltika) — Berberis
- Mingrelian: კორწოხული (ḳorc̣oxuli) — Berberis
- Navajo: shashdą́ą́ʼ — Berberis
- Norman: èpinne-vinnette — Berberis
- Persian: زرشک (zerešk) — Berberis
- Polish: berberys — Berberis
- Polish: kwaśnica — Berberis
- Portuguese: bérberis — Berberis
- Portuguese: uva-espim — Berberis
- Punjabi: زِرِشْک (ziriśk) — Berberis
- Romanian: dracilă — Berberis
- Russian: барбари́с (barbarís) — Berberis
- Scots: guil-tree — Berberis
- Serbo-Croatian: жу̀тика — Berberis
- Serbo-Croatian: чѐсмина — Berberis
- Serbo-Croatian: žùtika — Berberis
- Serbo-Croatian: čèsmina — Berberis
- Slovak: dráč — Berberis
- Slovene: česmína — Berberis
- Slovene: česmȋn — Berberis
- Spanish: agracejo — Berberis
- Spanish: alarguez — Berberis
- Spanish: michay — Berberis
- Spanish: calafate — Berberis
- Svan: გოწხირ (goc̣xir) — Berberis
- Svan: გვაწხირ (gvac̣xir) — Berberis
- Swedish: berberis — Berberis
- Swedish: surtorn — Berberis
- Tocharian B: śkwaśko — Berberis
- Turkish: sarıçalı — Berberis
- Turkish: kadıntuzluğu — Berberis
- Ottoman Turkish: قادین طوزلغی (kadın tuzluğu) — Berberis
- Ukrainian: барбари́с (barbarýs) — Berberis
- Urdu: زِرِشْک (ziriśk) — Berberis
- Welsh: eurddrain — Berberis
- Welsh: pren melyn — Berberis