Oregon grape

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Oregon grape

Any of various evergreen shrubs of the genus Berberis (or Mahonia), especially B. aquifolium of northwest North America, having compound leaves and bluish-black berries that resemble small grapes.

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Oregon grape

1. (Plants) an evergreen berberidaceous shrub, Mahonia aquifolium, of NW North America, having yellow fragrant flowers and small blue edible berries

2. (Plants) the berry of this shrub

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Or′egon grape′

1. a W North American shrub, Mahonia aquifolium, of the barberry family, having small blue berries and yellow flowers that are the state flower of Oregon.

2. the berry itself.

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Noun	1.	Oregon grape - small shrub with grey-green leaves and yellow flowers followed by glaucous blue berries Mahonia nervosa bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	2.	Oregon grape - ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries hollygrape, holly-leaves barberry, Mahonia aquifolium, mountain grape, Oregon holly grape bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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