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box·thorn (b

thôrn

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See matrimony vine.

boxthorn [ˈbɒksˌθɔːn]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for matrimony vine

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boxthorn - any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries

matrimony vine

genus Lycium, Lycium - deciduous and evergreen shrubs often spiny; cosmopolitan in temperate and subtropical regions

common matrimony vine, Duke of Argyll's tea tree, Lycium barbarum, Lycium halimifolium - deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and violet-purple flowers followed by orange-red berries; southeastern Europe to China

bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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