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LYCIUM BARBARUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lycium barbarum mean?
• LYCIUM BARBARUM (noun)
The noun LYCIUM BARBARUM 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: LYCIUM BARBARUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("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)
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