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noun
Any of very many evergreen or deciduous shrubs of the genus Berberis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
large genus of shrubs of temperate zones of New and Old Worlds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: genus Berberis
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Broader terms: magnoliid dicot genus
History
From the genus name Berberis, from French berbère, from Medieval Latin barberis, from Arabic بَرْبَارِيس (barbārīs). Doublet of barberry and related to Berber.
