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
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.
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