Definition of American barberry

1. Noun. Deciduous shrub of eastern North America whose leaves turn scarlet in autumn and having racemes of yellow flowers followed by ellipsoid glossy red berries.

Exact synonyms: Berberis Canadensis
Generic synonyms: Barberry

Lexicographical Neighbors of American Barberry

American Type Culture Collection
American Virgin Islands
American War of Independence
American Wirehair
American Wirehairs
American agave
American alligator
American aloe
American angelica tree
American antelope
American arborvitae
American arrowroot
American as apple pie
American aspen
American badger
American barberry (current term)
American beaver
American beavers
American beech
American bison
American bisons
American bittern
American bitterns
American bittersweet
American black bear
American black vulture
American black vultures
American blight

Literary usage of American barberry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Forest Tree Culturist: A Treatise on the Cultivation of American Forest by Andrew S Fuller (1866)
"... (American barberry).—This is a smaller-growing variety then the first, hardly strong enough for hedges. Virginia and Georgia. CARPINUS AMERICANA. ..."

2. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"American barberry (16) —Berberis canade'nsis. * Leaves thin, deciduous, usually without notches. B. Branches reddish brown; flowers orange-yellow in racemes ..."

3. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1908)
"The American barberry grows wild in the northern and eastern sections of the United States and would be more prized as an ornamental were it less common. ..."

4. C.E. Hobbs' Botanical Hand-book: Of Common Local, English, Botanical and by Charles E. Hobbs (1876)
"... American barberry, u 1t Barberry of India, Com'n barb'y of Europe, Supple Jack. Curry leaf tree, Castana (Brazil) nut, Root of scarcity, Mangel wurzel, ..."

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