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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) mahonia
any of various evergreen shrubs belonging to the genus Mahonia, of the barberry family, including the Oregon grape.

Etymology: (< NL (1818), after Bernard McMahon (c1775–1816), U.S. botanist, born in Ireland; see -ia)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Mahonia, genus Mahonia
evergreen shrubs and small trees of North and Central America and Asia

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) mahonia
the Oregon grape, a species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), often cultivated for its hollylike foliage

Definition of 'mahonia'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. mahonia
A plant genus in the family BERBERIDACEAE. Oregon Grape was discovered in North America and classified by Pursh as a BERBERIS but Nuttall claimed it is different enough to call it a new genus, MAHONIA. Now botanists insist on Berberis while horticulturists stay with this genus. It is a source of BERBERINE.

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