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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various evergreen shrubs of the genus Berberis (or Mahonia), especially B. aquifolium of northwest North America, having compound leaves and bluish-black berries that resemble small grapes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
Berberis .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Bot.) An evergreen species of barberry (
Berberis Aquifolium ), of Oregon and California; also, its roundish, blue-black berries.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
evergreen shrub (Mahonia aquifolium) native to the northwesternUnited States and southwesternCanada , having broadlyserrated , glossy leaves and clusters of yellow flowers that develop into darkbluish -purple fruits. Also called tall Oregon grape. - noun Any of various related shrubs of the Mahonia
genus , including dwarf Oregon grape, Cascade Oregon grape, and creeping Oregon grape.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small shrub with grey-green leaves and yellow flowers followed by glaucous blue berries
- noun ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries
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