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Definition of Christmas berry
1. Noun. Spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries.
Group relationships: Genus Lycium, Lycium
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
2. Noun. Ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia.
Group relationships: Genus Heteromeles, Heteromeles
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Definition of Christmas berry
1. Noun. (plants) toyon ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Christmas Berry
Literary usage of Christmas berry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Economic Entomology by Entomological Society of America, American Association of Economic Entomologists (1911)
"THE CALIFORNIA CHRISTMAS-BERRY TINGIS By C. PEMBERTON, ... The presence of the
pest on the Christmas-berry can easily be detected by the brown, ..."
2. Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope by George Bishop Sudworth (1908)
"Christmas berry, also called " California holly," " tollen," and " toyon," is
best known as a low shrub throughout most of its range on the mainland. ..."
3. Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of Literature: A Melange by Charles Carroll Bombaugh (1890)
"... Berry, and sha'n't pay you till Christmas, Berry." Sheridan, being dunned by
a tailor to pay at least the interest on his hill, answered that it was not ..."
4. The Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor: Containing Choice and Characteristic by William Evans Burton (1858)
"... not have been such a goose, Berry ; but you need not look so black, Berry,
for I don't care a strain, Berry, and shan't pay you till Christmas, Berry. ..."
5. Mammals of the Mexican Boundary of the United States: A Descriptive by Edgar Alexander Mearns (1907)
"A small tree, at the summit of the Coast Range (Laguna Mountains), California.
HETEROMELES ARBUTIFOLIA (Poiret) Roemer. TOYON: Christmas berry. ..."
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