Japanese barberry

American  

noun

1. a thorny barberry, Berberis thunbergii, of Japan, having yellow flowers and bearing bright-red fruit, grown as a hedge plant.

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Japanese barberry

Plucking a thorn from a nearby Japanese barberry bush, he scraped the yellow dust off, revealing three painted dots underneath.

From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2021

Japanese barberry has been bad for several plant species in New England.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2018

And indeed, this is what has happened with the spread of Japanese barberry in the northeast.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2018

There is no way I will ever know if this specific tick came into existence thanks to the newfound abundance of Japanese barberry or not.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2018

Several already are widespread throughout the state, such as burning bush, glossy buckthorn, multiflora rose, and Japanese barberry.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 20, 2017