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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


SynonymsChristmasberry, Lycium carolinianum


Broader (hypernym)bush, shrub


Member meronymgenus 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


SynonymsChristmasberry, Heteromeles arbutifolia, Photinia arbutifolia, tollon, toyon


Broader (hypernym)bush, shrub


Member meronymgenus Heteromeles, Heteromeles









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