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agarita

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ag⋅a⋅ri⋅ta

  [ag-uh-ree-tuh, ah-guh-]
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–noun
a tall shrub, Mahonia trifoliolata, of the barberry family, of southwestern North America, having stiff, oblong leaflets with spiny teeth and a red fruit used in jelly.
Also, algerita.

Origin:
1885–90, Americanism; < MexSp agrito, prob. deriv. of Sp agrio bitter, OSp agro < L ācr- (s. of ācer sharp)
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