1. deciduous shrub of eastern North America whose leaves turn scarlet in autumn and having racemes of yellow flowers followed by ellipsoid glossy red berries; [syn: American barberry, Berberis canadensis]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Berberis canadensis
n 1: deciduous shrub of eastern North America whose leaves turn
scarlet in autumn and having racemes of yellow flowers
followed by ellipsoid glossy red berries [syn: American
barberry, Berberis canadensis]