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BARBERRY (Berberis vulgaris)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 386 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BARBERRY (Berberis vulgaris) , a See also:shrub with spiny-toothed leaves, which on the woody shoots are reduced to forked spines, and See also:pale yellow See also:flowers in See also:hanging racemes, which are succeeded by See also:orange-red berries. It is a member of the botanical natural See also:order Berberidaceae, and contains about too See also:species in the See also:north temperate See also:zone and in the See also:Andes of See also:South See also:America extending into See also:Patagonia. The order is nearly allied to the See also:buttercup order in having the parts of the flowers all See also:free and arranged in See also:regular See also:succession below the ovary which consists of only one carpel. It is distinguished by having the sepals, petals and stamens in multiples of 2, 3 or 4, never of 5. The berries of Berberis are edible; those of the native barberry are sometimes made into preserves. The See also:alkaloid See also:berberine (q.v.) occurs in the roots.

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