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HOLLY-LEAVES BARBERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does holly-leaves barberry mean? 

HOLLY-LEAVES BARBERRY (noun)
  The noun HOLLY-LEAVES BARBERRY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: HOLLY-LEAVES BARBERRY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOLLY-LEAVES BARBERRY (noun)


Sense 1

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 ("holly-leaves barberry" is a kind of...):

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


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