barberry

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of the thorny shrubs of genus Berberis, which bear yellow flowers and red or blue-black berries.
    — BOlvs in Engliſh is called a morſell. It is a medicine laxatiue, in forme & faſhion it is meanely whole, & it is ſwallowed by litle gobbets. […] ℞. medulla caſiæ fiſtulæ newly drawen. ℥. j. or ʒ. x. the graines (that is the kernelles) of barbaries. ℈. ß. and with ſugar roſet [sugar compounded with rose petals] make a bole.
  2. The edible fruit of these shrubs.

词形变化

barberries plural

词汇关系

衍生词
California barberry common barberry creeping barberry holly barberry holly-leaved barberry Japanese barberry Magellan barberry

词源

From Middle English berberie, from Medieval Latin berberis (on which see Arabic بَرْبَارِيس (barbārīs)), influenced by berie (“berry”). Doublet of berberis and related to Berber.
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