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Noun: barberry family  'baa(r),be-ree'fa-mu-lee
  1. A family of flowering plants including barberry, characterized by spiny shrubs and herbs with yellow inner bark
    "The barberry family includes many ornamental species";
    - Berberidaceae, family Berberidaceae

Type of: magnoliid dicot family

Part of: order Ranales, order Ranunculales, Ranales, Ranunculales

Encyclopedia: Barberry family