wolfberry

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English

Lycium barbarum

Etymology

From wolf +‎ berry.

Noun

wolfberry (plural wolfberries)

  1. Any of flowering species of the genus Lycium.
    Synonyms: boxthorn, matrimony vine, desert-thorn
  2. Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
    Synonyms: Chinese matrimony vine, Chinese wolfberry
  3. The berry of this plant.
    Synonyms: goji, goji berry
  4. The western snowberry, Symphoricarpos occidentalis, a shrub native to nothern and central North America.

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