boxthorn

Noun
  1. Any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries (synset 112925698)
    is a type of: bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
    subtypes: common matrimony vine, duke of argyll's tea tree, lycium barbarum, lycium halimifolium - deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and violet-purple flowers followed by orange-red berries; southeastern Europe to China
    belongs to: genus lycium, lycium - deciduous and evergreen shrubs often spiny; cosmopolitan in temperate and subtropical regions
    same as: matrimony vine

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