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barberry
/ˈbɑɹbɛɹi/
noun 2name 1
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3ADJ.
against
VERB + BARBERRY
planted
BARBERRY + NOUN
bushes
Definitions
noun
1
Any of the thorny shrubs of genus Berberis, which bear yellow flowers and red or blue-black berries.
BOlvs in Engliſh is called a morſell. It is a medicine laxatiue, in forme & faſhion it is meanely whole, & it is ſwallowed by litle gobbets. […] ℞. medulla caſiæ fiſtulæ newly drawen. ℥. j. or ʒ. x. the graines (that is the kernelles) of barbaries. ℈. ß. and with ſugar roſet [sugar compounded with rose petals] make a bole.
2
The edible fruit of these shrubs.
name
1
Obsolete form of Beruwala.
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BOlvs in Engliſh is called a morſell. It is a medicine laxatiue, in forme & faſhion it is meanely whole, & it is ſwallowed by litle gobbets. […] ℞. medulla caſiæ fiſtulæ newly drawen. ℥. j. or ʒ. x. t
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Tom planted barberry bushes against his back fence.
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