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Webster 1913 Edition
Barberry
Bar′ber-ry
,Noun.
[OE.
barbarin
, barbere
, OF. berbere
.] (Bot.)
A shrub of the genus
Berberis
, common along roadsides and in neglected fields. Berberis vulgaris
is the species best known; its oblong red berries are made into a preserve or sauce, and have been deemed efficacious in fluxes and fevers. The bark dyes a fine yellow, esp. the bark of the root. [Also spelt
berberry
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Barberry
B'ARBERRY
,Noun.
1.
A plant of the genus berberis, common in hedges; called in England, pipperidge bush. The berries are used in housewifery, and are deemed efficacious in fluxes and fevers. The bark dyes a fine yellow, especially the bark of the root. This plant is pernicious to wheat, the ears of which will not fill, if within the effluvia of the plant; and the influence of this has been known to extend three or four hundred yards.