Barbed tributary
a tributary that joins its mainstream in an upstream direction rather than in the more common downstream direction.
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a shrub of the genus berberis, especially b. vulgaris, having yellow flowers in elongated cl-sters. compare barberry family. the red, elongated, acid fruit of this shrub. historical examples in the younger, wavy branches of the barberry the spines are straighter or more diverging. the romance of plant life g. f. scott elliot if barberry jelly […]
- Barberry family
the plant family berberidaceae, characterized by shrubs and herbaceous plants having very varied leaves and flowers and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the barberry, may apple, and oregon grape.
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not equipped with a barb: barbless fishhooks. historical examples and at the time when the bard stood up to claim the wife, a strange warrior came into the encampment, holding a barbless spear. evelyn innes george moore the other two j-ps have short, stiff poles with a wire attached and the barbless hook at the […]
- Barbut
a steel helmet of the 15th century completely enclosing the head and having a t -shaped face slit: similar in form to the ancient corinthian bronze helmet. historical examples the old voyager barbut says that poultry are not natural to guinea. the variation of animals and plants under domestication, vol. i. charles darwin the barbut […]