barberry

UK /ˈbɑɹbɛɹi/ US /ˈbɑɹbɛɹi/
noun 2name 1

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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