Meaning | deciduous and evergreen shrubs often spiny; cosmopolitan in temperate and subtropical regions. |
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Synonym | genus Lycium |
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Member of | Solanaceae, family Solanaceae, potato family | large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous |
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Members | Christmasberry, Christmas berry, Lycium carolinianum | Spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries |
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matrimony vine, boxthorn | Any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries |
Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
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Spanish | genus lycium, lycium |
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Catalan | genus lycium, lycium, Lycium |
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