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barberry
noun
uk /ˈbɑː.bər.i/ us /ˈbɑːrˌber.i//ˈbɑːr.bə.ri/
[ C or U ]pluralbarberry or barberries
a bush with orange or yellow flowers, small red fruits, and sharp points on the stems:
The barberry, or Berberis, is often grown around houses as a burglar deterrent because of its pointed spines.
Barberry bushes come in both deciduous and evergreen varieties.
[ C ]
a small red fruit of the barberry bush:
The fish was served in a sharp-tasting sauce of barberries.
Add a few dried barberries to the dish to give it the distinctive sour taste.
They had the unpleasant job of removing the large clumps of prickly barberry.
A line of barberry bushes had been planted as a hedge.
The berries of the barberry bush can be eaten but you'll need plenty of sugar to make them palatable.
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