BERBERIS
Dictionary entry overview: What does Berberis mean? • BERBERIS (noun)
The noun BERBERIS has 1 sense:
1. large genus of shrubs of temperate zones of New and Old Worlds
Familiarity information: BERBERIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BERBERIS (noun)
Meaning:
Large genus of shrubs of temperate zones of New and Old Worlds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Berberis; genus Berberis
Hypernyms ("Berberis" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Berberis"):
barberry (any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries)
Holonyms ("Berberis" is a member of...):
barberry family; Berberidaceae; family Berberidaceae (shrubs or herbs)
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