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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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"If she makes as much work after she comes as she has before, we might as well give up hope of ever gettin' any rest," sighed Miranda as she hung the dish towels on the barberry bushes at the side door.
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