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BERBERIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large genus of shrubs of temperate zones of New and Old Worlds

Synonyms:

Berberis; genus Berberis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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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