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Lycium
(gcide) | Lycium \Lycium\ prop. n.
A genus of deciduous and evergreen shrubs often spiny;
cosmopolitan in temperate and subtropical regions.
Syn: genus Lycium.
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lycium
(wn) | Lycium
n 1: deciduous and evergreen shrubs often spiny; cosmopolitan in
temperate and subtropical regions [syn: Lycium, {genus
Lycium}] |
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Lycium barbarum
(gcide) | Lycine \Lyc"ine\, n. (Chem.)
A weak base identical with betaine; -- so called because
found in the boxthorn (Lycium barbarum). See Betaine.
[1913 Webster]Matrimony \Mat"ri*mo*ny\, n. [OE. matrimoine, through Old
French, fr. L. matrimonium, fr. mater mother. See Mother.]
1. The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the
nuptial state; marriage; wedlock.
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If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not
be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now
confess it. --Book of Com.
Prayer (Eng.
Ed.)
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2. A kind of game at cards played by several persons.
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Matrimony vine (Bot.), a climbing thorny vine ({Lycium
barbarum}) of the Potato family. --Gray.
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Syn: Marriage; wedlock. See Marriage.
[1913 Webster]Box \Box\ (b[o^]ks), n. [As. box, L. buxus, fr. Gr. ?. See Box
a case.] (Bot.)
A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world.
The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one
of which, the dwarf box (Buxus suffruticosa), is much used
for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being
very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by
turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc.
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Box elder, the ash-leaved maple (Negundo aceroides), of
North America.
Box holly, the butcher's broom (Russus aculeatus).
Box thorn, a shrub (Lycium barbarum).
Box tree, the tree variety of the common box.
[1913 Webster]Boxthorn \Box"thorn`\, n. (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Lycium, esp. Lycium barbarum.
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Lycium carolinianum
(gcide) | Christmasberry \Christmasberry\ n.
1. a spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern U. S. ({Lycium
carolinianum}) having spreading branches with usually blue
or mauve flowers and red berries.
Syn: Christmas berry, Lycium carolinianum.
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2. an ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of US Pacific coast
(Photinia arbutifolia) having large white flowers and
red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia.
Syn: toyon, tollon, Christmas berry, Heteromeles arbutifolia,
Photinia arbutifolia.
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genus gymnocalycium
(wn) | genus Gymnocalycium
n 1: large genus of low-growing globular South American cacti
with spiny ribs covered with many tubercles [syn:
Gymnocalycium, genus Gymnocalycium] |
genus lycium
(wn) | genus Lycium
n 1: deciduous and evergreen shrubs often spiny; cosmopolitan in
temperate and subtropical regions [syn: Lycium, {genus
Lycium}] |
gymnocalycium
(wn) | Gymnocalycium
n 1: large genus of low-growing globular South American cacti
with spiny ribs covered with many tubercles [syn:
Gymnocalycium, genus Gymnocalycium] |
lycium
(wn) | Lycium
n 1: deciduous and evergreen shrubs often spiny; cosmopolitan in
temperate and subtropical regions [syn: Lycium, {genus
Lycium}] |
lycium barbarum
(wn) | Lycium barbarum
n 1: deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and
violet-purple flowers followed by orange-red berries;
southeastern Europe to China [syn: common matrimony vine,
Duke of Argyll's tea tree, Lycium barbarum, {Lycium
halimifolium}] |
lycium carolinianum
(wn) | Lycium carolinianum
n 1: spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having
spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red
berries [syn: Christmasberry, Christmas berry, {Lycium
carolinianum}] |
lycium halimifolium
(wn) | Lycium halimifolium
n 1: deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and
violet-purple flowers followed by orange-red berries;
southeastern Europe to China [syn: common matrimony vine,
Duke of Argyll's tea tree, Lycium barbarum, {Lycium
halimifolium}] |
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