OREGON GRAPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oregon grape mean? 

• OREGON GRAPE (noun)
  The noun OREGON GRAPE has 2 senses:

1. small shrub with grey-green leaves and yellow flowers followed by glaucous blue berries

2. ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries

  Familiarity information: OREGON GRAPE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OREGON GRAPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small shrub with grey-green leaves and yellow flowers followed by glaucous blue berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Mahonia nervosa; Oregon grape

Hypernyms ("Oregon grape" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

holly-leaves barberry; hollygrape; Mahonia aquifolium; mountain grape; Oregon grape; Oregon holly grape

Hypernyms ("Oregon grape" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)