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Christmas berry

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Christmas berry
n.
See toyon.
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Noun1.Christmas berry - spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berriesChristmas berry - spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries
genus Lycium, Lycium - deciduous and evergreen shrubs often spiny; cosmopolitan in temperate and subtropical regions
bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
2.Christmas berry - ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruitsChristmas berry - ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia
genus Heteromeles, Heteromeles - one species: toyon; in some classifications included in genus Photinia
bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems


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In higher elevations of the public hunting area, sheep feed among bright-green Christmas berry bushes and a labyrinth of dry washes lined by rosebush-like thorn bushes called Iantana.
One of the island shrubs (Ceanothus) has significantly lower concentrations of the compounds than the mainland version, while the island Christmas berry (Heteromeles) actually has more tannin for part of the year.
Hikers will spot ceanothus, mountain mahogany, yucca, California lilac, manzanita, black sage, holly-leaf cherry, sumac, chamise, serviceberry, lemonade berry, Christmas berry, wild buckwheat, sticky-leaf monkey flower, popcorn flower, woolly blue curls, dudleya, owl's clover, blue-eyed grass, ferns and a shady grove of bays, oaks and sycamores.
 
 
 
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