AMERICAN BARBERRY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does American barberry mean? 

• AMERICAN BARBERRY (noun)
  The noun AMERICAN BARBERRY has 1 sense:

1. deciduous shrub of eastern North America whose leaves turn scarlet in autumn and having racemes of yellow flowers followed by ellipsoid glossy red berries

  Familiarity information: AMERICAN BARBERRY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMERICAN BARBERRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous shrub of eastern North America whose leaves turn scarlet in autumn and having racemes of yellow flowers followed by ellipsoid glossy red berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American barberry; Berberis canadensis

Hypernyms ("American barberry" is a kind of...):

barberry (any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries)