DUKE OF ARGYLL'S TEA TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Duke of Argyll's tea tree mean? 

• DUKE OF ARGYLL'S TEA TREE (noun)
  The noun DUKE OF ARGYLL'S TEA TREE 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: DUKE OF ARGYLL'S TEA TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DUKE OF ARGYLL'S TEA TREE (noun)

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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 ("Duke of Argyll's tea tree" is a kind of...):

boxthorn; matrimony vine (any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries)