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barberry

Any spiny shrub belonging to the barberry family, with sour red berries and yellow flowers. These shrubs are often used as hedges. (Genus Berberis, family Berberidaceae.)

The barberry family also includes plants such as the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum) of the eastern North American woodlands.



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Where shrubs are concerned, three closely related groups - barberries, mahonias and nandinas - take center stage in the fall color arena.
IN THE GARDEN PICK A TREE WITH FALL COLORS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
It is the barberry family and is represented not only by the true barberries but by nandinas, mahonias and epimediums as well.
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