Darwin barberry

noun

Dar·​win barberry ˈdär-wən- 

: a half-evergreen or evergreen shrub (Berberis darwinii) native to South America but much grown in England that has entire spiny-toothed leaves and orange-yellow flowers in long racemes succeeded by dark purple berries

Word History

Etymology

after Charles R. Darwin †1882 English naturalist

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