'Persian berry' definitions:
Definition of 'Persian berry'
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- Persian \Per"sian\, a. [From Persia: cf. It. Persiano. Cf. Parsee, Peach, Persic.] Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their language. [1913 Webster]
- Persian berry, the fruit of Rhamnus infectorius, a kind of buckthorn, used for dyeing yellow, and imported chiefly from Trebizond.
- Persian cat. (Zool.) Same as Angora cat, under Angora.
- Persian columns (Arch.), columns of which the shaft represents a Persian slave; -- called also Persians. See Atlantes.
- Persian drill (Mech.), a drill which is turned by pushing a nut back and forth along a spirally grooved drill holder.
- Persian fire (Med.), malignant pustule.
- Persian powder. See Insect powder, under Insect.
- Persian red. See Indian red (a), under Indian.
- Persian wheel, a noria; a tympanum. See Noria. [1913 Webster]