英语词汇barberry的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

barberry. The barberry is an ornamental bush often planted for hedges in place of privet and valued for its flowers, its gor- geous fall foliage, and the striking red berries that often hang on the bush all winter long. Few gardeners would believe that the common spiny barberry (Berberis vulgaris) provides fruit that can be eaten in a variety of ways. The English, in fact, once cultivated the handsome bush for its berries, and the Arabs be- fore them grew barberries for their sherbets. The barberry may take its name from berberys, the Arabic name for a shell, possi- bly in reference to the shape of its leaves. The Berbers cultivated it on Africa’s Barbary Coast. Some 50 species are widely grown in America.

词汇	barberry
词源	barberry. The barberry is an ornamental bush often planted for hedges in place of privet and valued for its flowers, its gor- geous fall foliage, and the striking red berries that often hang on the bush all winter long. Few gardeners would believe that the common spiny barberry (Berberis vulgaris) provides fruit that can be eaten in a variety of ways. The English, in fact, once cultivated the handsome bush for its berries, and the Arabs be- fore them grew barberries for their sherbets. The barberry may take its name from berberys, the Arabic name for a shell, possi- bly in reference to the shape of its leaves. The Berbers cultivated it on Africa’s Barbary Coast. Some 50 species are widely grown in America.
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