BERBERIS

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 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)

Sense 1

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)