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

Species in the ban also include the Japanese barberry and Wintercreeper.

From Washington Times

Problem trees and shrubs include ailanthus, callery or Bradford pear, autumn olive, bush honeysuckles, winged burning bush and Japanese barberry.

From Washington Post

Resh says one of those undesirables is the Japanese barberry, which becomes ground cover in many forests.

From Washington Times

State officials say that the Maine landscape is being invaded by otherwise lovely plants like “Crimson King” Norway maple, burning bush and Japanese barberry.

From Seattle Times