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/ˈbɑɹbɛɹi/ · noun
Any of the thorny shrubs of genus Berberis, which bear yellow flowers and red or blue-black berries..
BOlvs in Engliſh is called a morſell. It is a medicine laxatiue, in forme & faſhion it is meanely whole, & it is ſwallowed by litle gobbets. […] ℞. medulla caſiæ fiſtulæ newly drawen. ℥. j. or ʒ. x. the graines (that is the kernelles) of barbaries. ℈. ß. and with ſugar roſet [sugar compounded with rose petals] make a bole.
Use barberry when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Barberry means Any of the thorny shrubs of genus Berberis, which bear yellow flowers and red or blue-black berries..
Common synonyms include berberis.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
BOlvs in Engliſh is called a morſell. It is a medicine laxatiue, in forme & faſhion it is meanely whole, & it is ſwallowed by litle gobbets. […] ℞. medulla caſiæ fiſtulæ newly drawen. ℥. j. or ʒ. x. the graines (that is the kernelles) of barbaries. ℈. ß. and with ſugar roſet [sugar compounded with rose petals] make a bole.
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