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HOLLY-LEAVES BARBERRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does holly-leaves barberry mean?
• HOLLY-LEAVES BARBERRY (noun)
The noun HOLLY-LEAVES BARBERRY has 1 sense:
1. ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries
Familiarity information: HOLLY-LEAVES BARBERRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HOLLY-LEAVES BARBERRY (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
holly-leaves barberry; hollygrape; Mahonia aquifolium; mountain grape; Oregon grape; Oregon holly grape
Hypernyms ("holly-leaves barberry" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
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