COMMON MATRIMONY VINE

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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

Synonyms:

common matrimony vine; Duke of Argyll's tea tree; Lycium barbarum; Lycium halimifolium

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Nouns denoting plants

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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