Obs. rare. [f. med.L. barbar-is BARBERRY + -INE.] = BARBERRY.
c. 1400. Maundev., ii. 14. Oure Lord [was] … crouned eft with a whyte Thorn, that men clepeth Barbarynes [Fr. berberis].
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 21. Barbaryn frute, Barbeum. Barbaryn tre, Barbaris.
