Barberry vs. Bayberry — What's the Difference?

Any of various shrubs of the genus Berberis, having leaves that are often clustered, small yellow flowers, and red, orange, or blackish berries. They are grown as ornamentals or hedge plants.

Any of various shrubs of the genus Myrica, having aromatic foliage and small round fruits with a waxy covering.

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

The fruit of these trees.

A shrub of the genus Berberis, common along roadsides and in neglected fields. Berberis vulgaris is the species best known; its oblong red berries are made into a preserve or sauce, and have been deemed efficacious in fluxes and fevers. The bark dyes a fine yellow, esp. the bark of the root.

(North America) The fruit of the wax myrtle shrub; or the plant itself (Morella cerifera), with aromatic, leathery leaves and waxy berries.

Any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries

Other species in the family Myricaceae, especially in genus Myrica; bay-rum tree, candleberry.

The fruit of the bay laurel (Laurus nobilis).

(Pimenta racemosa), a tropical American shrub with aromatic leaves that are used in the preparation of bay rum.

The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis.

West Indian tree; source of bay rum

Deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with gray-green wax-coated berries