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common barberry

common barberry noun: berberis vulgaris, a thorny shrub with tart, bright-red berries, native to Europe, naturalized elsewhere, often used as a hedge.

Noun

common barberry (plural common barberries)

  1. Berberis vulgaris, a thorny shrub with tart, bright-red berries, native to Europe, naturalized elsewhere, often used as a hedge.
    Synonyms:
    European barberry, barberry

Synonyms of common barberry

Forms of common barberry

pluralcommon barberries

Questions about common barberry

What does common barberry mean?
Common barberry means berberis vulgaris, a thorny shrub with tart, bright-red berries, native to Europe, naturalized elsewhere, often used as a hedge.
What part of speech is common barberry?
Common barberry is a noun.
What is the plural of common barberry?
The plural of common barberry is common barberries.

Words near common barberry in the dictionary

  1. common ash
  2. common ashes
  3. common bamboo
  4. common bamboos
  5. common barberries
  6. common barberry
  7. common barley
  8. common barleys
  9. common bean
  10. common beans
  11. common bear's breech

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