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barberry

/bahr-ber-ee, -buh-ree/US // ˈbɑrˌbɛr i, -bə ri //UK // (ˈbɑːbərɪ) //

巴厘岛,巴尔韦德,巴尔巴利,巴尔梅

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural bar·ber·ries.

    • : a shrub of the genus Berberis, especially B. vulgaris, having yellow flowers in elongated clusters.Compare barberry family.
    • : the red, elongated, acid fruit of this shrub.

Examples

  • Inside there was no longer a hint of Mrs. Barberry, even a dropped handkerchief agreeably scented.

  • Val fled to the wilderness, and in the neighborhood of the barberry-bush flung out her arms and apostrophized the heavens.

  • Here the first generation grows on barberry leaves, and produces a kind of spore called an æcidium spore.

  • The teleutospores only germinate on barberry leaves, and there reproduce the original æcidium generation.

  • Berberis Thunbergii, or Barberry, makes a fine hedge, on account of its beautiful foliage and scarlet fruit.