Japanese Barberry (Noun)
Meaning
Compact deciduous shrub having persistent red berries; widespread in cultivation especially for hedges.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- In many parts of the United States, the invasive Japanese barberry plant is pushing native vegetation out of its natural habitats.
- The gardener spent hours uprooting all the old Japanese barberry that surrounded her newly acquired house to replace them with something less thorny.
- Japanese barberry plants are commonly seen growing along hedges, their scarlet berries catching everyone's eye in autumn.
- A variety of the Japanese barberry was bred at a plant nursery which would grow more compact than the parent species.
- The local nursery sold a lot of the Japanese barberry shrub over the last weekend due to increased demand from homeowners trying to add a layer of security to their property.