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Christmas berry

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Christmas berry
n.
See toyon.
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Noun1.Christmas berryChristmas berry - spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries
Christmasberry, Lycium carolinianum
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 berryChristmas 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
Heteromeles arbutifolia, Photinia arbutifolia, tollon, toyon, Christmasberry
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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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.
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