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Noun: boxthorn  'bóks,thorn
  1. Any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries
    - matrimony vine

Derived forms: boxthorns

Type of: bush, shrub

Part of: genus Lycium, Lycium

Encyclopedia: Boxthorn