- magellan barberry
- noun
Usage: usually capitalized M: a So. American evergreen shrub (Berberis buxifolia) with grooved slender branchlets, entire leaves, orange-yellow flowers, and dark purple fruit that is grown for ornament
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an evergreen shrub, Berberis buxifolia, of southern Chile, having prickle-tipped leaves, dark-purple fruit, and orange-yellow flowers, rarely flowering in cultivation.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.