One whose professional habit is a gown, as a divine or lawyer, and particularly a member of an English university; hence, a civilian, in distinction from a soldier.
A shrub of the genus Berberis, common along roadsides and
in neglected fields. B. vulgaris is the species best known; its oblong
red berries are made into a preserve or sauce, and have been deemed
efficacious in fluxes a...
