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LYCIUM BARBARUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and violet-purple flowers followed by orange-red berries; southeastern Europe to China
Synonyms:
common matrimony vine; Duke of Argyll's tea tree; Lycium barbarum; Lycium halimifolium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Lycium barbarum" is a kind of...):
boxthorn; matrimony vine (any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries)