noun
any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries
• Syn: ↑boxthorn
• Hyponyms: ↑common matrimony vine, ↑Duke of Argyll's tea tree, ↑Lycium barbarum, ↑Lycium halimifolium
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lycium, ↑genus Lycium
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noun : a shrub or vine of the genus Lycium; especially : an Asiatic shrub (L. halimifolium) with violet-purple flowers and orange-red berries
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any plant belonging to the genus Lycium, of the nightshade family, species of which are cultivated for their foliage, flowers, and berries. Also called boxthorn.
[1810-20]
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matrimony vine,
= boxthorn. (Cf. ↑boxthorn)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.