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Chokeberry vs Barberry - What's the difference?

chokeberry | barberry |

As nouns the difference between chokeberry and barberry

is that chokeberry is either of two species in aronia'', formerly and sometimes in ''photinia , deciduous shrubs, native to russia and eastern north america and most commonly found in wet woods and swamps while barberry is any of the thorny shrubs of genus berberis , which bear yellow flowers and red or blue-black berries.

chokeberry

English

Noun

(chokeberries)
  • Either of two species in Aronia'', formerly and sometimes in ''Photinia , deciduous shrubs, native to Russia and eastern North America and most commonly found in wet woods and swamps.
  • The fruit of such a shrub.
  • Derived terms

    * black chokeberry * red chokeberry *

    barberry

    English

    Noun

    (barberries)
  • Any of the thorny shrubs of genus Berberis , which bear yellow flowers and red or blue-black berries.