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boxthorn

noun

any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries

• Syn: ↑matrimony vine

• Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush

• Hyponyms: ↑common matrimony vine, ↑Duke of Argyll's tea tree, ↑Lycium barbarum, ↑Lycium halimifolium

• Member Holonyms: ↑Lycium, ↑genus Lycium

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun

Etymology: box (I)

1. : matrimony vine

2. Australia : native box

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/boks"thawrn'/, n.

See matrimony vine.

[1670-80; BOX³ + THORN]

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boxˈthorn noun

A solanaceous shrub with red berries

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Main Entry: ↑box

Useful english dictionary. 2012.