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Meaning of Barberry | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈbɑɹbɛɹi

Definitions

  1. Any of the thorny shrubs of genus Berberis, which bear yellow flowers and red or blue-black berries.
  2. The edible fruit of these shrubs.

Equivalents

العربية الباربِريْس برباريس زرشك
Azərbaycanca zirinc zirişk
Bosanski -iš česmina
Català coralet
Cymraeg eurddrain
Deutsch Berberitze Essigbeere Sauerdorn
Esperanto berberiso
Español agracejo alarguez calafate michay
فارسی زرشک
Suomi happomarja
Français épine-vinette
Hrvatski -iš česmina
Magyar borbolya
Հայերեն զրիշկ ծոր կծոխուր
Íslenska broddur
Italiano crespino
日本語 メギ
ქართული კოწახური
Қазақша бөріқарақат
한국어 매자 매자나무
Kurdî -î -îş
Latina -ae -i -is
Nederlands zuurbes
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ زرشک
Polski berberys berberysowy kwaśnica
Português bérberis uva-espim
Română dracilă
Русский барбарис
Slovenščina česmina
Српски -iš česmina
Türkçe Sarıcalı
Українська барбарис
اردو زرشک

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Barbers Barbershop barbershop quartet barbershopper barbershopping Barbershops

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