English noun: Christmas berry | |||
1. | Christmas berry (plant) spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries | ||
Synonyms | Christmasberry, Lycium carolinianum | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bush, shrub | ||
Member meronym | genus Lycium, Lycium | ||
2. | Christmas berry (plant) 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 | ||
Synonyms | Christmasberry, Heteromeles arbutifolia, Photinia arbutifolia, tollon, toyon | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bush, shrub | ||
Member meronym | genus Heteromeles, Heteromeles | ||