oregon grape

2 definitions found

oregon grape - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Oregon grape \Or"e*gon grape`\ ([o^]r"[-e]*g[o^]n gr[=a]p`).
     (Bot.)
     An evergreen species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), of
     Oregon and California; also, its roundish, blue-black
     berries.
     [1913 Webster]

oregon grape - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Oregon grape
      n 1: small shrub with grey-green leaves and yellow flowers
           followed by glaucous blue berries [syn: Oregon grape,
           Mahonia nervosa]
      2: ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America
         having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow
         flowers followed by blue-black berries [syn: Oregon grape,
         Oregon holly grape, hollygrape, mountain grape, holly-   leaves barberry
         , Mahonia aquifolium]