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Definition of Lycium barbarum
1. Noun. Deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and violet-purple flowers followed by orange-red berries; southeastern Europe to China.
Generic synonyms: Boxthorn, Matrimony Vine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lycium Barbarum
Literary usage of Lycium barbarum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"lycium barbarum L. Matrimony-vine Deciduous shrub Cultivated and occasionally
... lycium barbarum L. pro parte C • Lycopersicon esculentum P.Mill. ..."
2. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1893)
"... where it had been found on lycium barbarum, the " tea-tree." It was well-grown
in its last skin, and in general appearance and pattern resembled the ..."
3. Seaside Planting of Trees and Shrubs by Alfred Gaut (1907)
"Some of the holders put up fences of different kinds, which serve their purpose
well, but as lycium barbarum is a plant which flourishes by the sea, ..."
4. Seaside Planting of Trees and Shrubs by Alfred Gaut (1907)
"lycium barbarum flourishes here on the tops of the cliffs, right in the teeth of
the keenest winds from the north-west, round by east to south-east, ..."
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