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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of flowering species of the genus Lycium.
2. 2
   Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
3. 3
   The berry of this plant.
4. 4
   The western snowberry, Symphoricarpos occidentalis, a shrub native to nothern and central North America.

Synonyms

All synonyms

boxthornchinese matrimony vinechinese wolfberrydesert-thorngojigoji berry

Etymology

From wolf + berry.

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