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COMMON MATRIMONY VINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common matrimony vine mean?
• COMMON MATRIMONY VINE (noun)
The noun COMMON MATRIMONY VINE has 1 sense:
1. deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and violet-purple flowers followed by orange-red berries; southeastern Europe to China
Familiarity information: COMMON MATRIMONY VINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• COMMON MATRIMONY VINE (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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
common matrimony vine; Duke of Argyll's tea tree; Lycium barbarum; Lycium halimifolium
Hypernyms ("common matrimony vine" is a kind of...):
boxthorn; matrimony vine (any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries)
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