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Berberidaceae

noun

shrubs or herbs

• Syn: ↑family Berberidaceae, ↑barberry family

• Hypernyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ranales, ↑order Ranales, ↑Ranunculales, ↑order Ranunculales

• Member Meronyms:

↑Berberis, ↑genus Berberis, ↑Caulophyllum, ↑genus Caulophyllum, ↑Epimedium, ↑genus Epimedium, ↑Mahonia, ↑genus Mahonia, ↑Podophyllum, ↑genus Podophyllum

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\\ˌbərbərəˈdāsēˌē, bərˌber-\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Berberid-, Berberis, type genus + -aceae

: a family of shrubs or herbs (order Ranales) having the sepals and petals imbricated in several series and the fruit either a berry or a capsule

Useful english dictionary. 2012.