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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Example Sentences

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

But these two variables are very clearly tied to a shared third variable: the epidemic spread of Japanese barberry.

From Slate • Aug. 28, 2018

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

From Slate • Aug. 28, 2018

In the Northeast, our chief concerns among invasive species are garlic mustard, common buckthorn, four varieties of honeysuckle, and Japanese barberry, all of which harm native trees, shrubs, and herbaceous vegetation.

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