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

Type of: boxthorn, matrimony vine

Encyclopedia: Lycium barbarum