berberis

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1. large genus of shrubs of temperate zones of New and Old Worlds (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	magnoliid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	barberry,
definition	:	any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	barberry family, berberidaceae, family berberidaceae,
definition	:	shrubs or herbs (noun.plant)