noun
shrubs or herbs
• Syn: ↑Berberidaceae, ↑family Berberidaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ranales, ↑order Ranales, ↑Ranunculales, ↑order Ranunculales
• Member Meronyms:
↑Berberis, ↑genus Berberis, ↑Caulophyllum, ↑genus Caulophyllum, ↑Epimedium, ↑genus Epimedium, ↑Mahonia, ↑genus Mahonia, ↑Podophyllum, ↑genus Podophyllum
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the plant family Berberidaceae, characterized by shrubs and herbaceous plants having very varied leaves and flowers and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the barberry, May apple, and Oregon grape.
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barberry family,
a group of dicotyledonous shrubs or herbaceous plants including the May apple, barberry, Oregon grape, and blue cohosh. Many of the shrubs in this family are ornamental.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.