matrimony vine

matrimony vine

n.

Any of various often thorny shrubs of the genus Lycium, some species of which are cultivated for their purplish flowers and brightly colored berries. Also called boxthorn.

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Noun

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