matrimony : Idioms & Phrases
common matrimony vine
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noun deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and violet-purple flowers followed by orange-red berries; southeastern Europe to China
Duke of Argyll's tea tree; Lycium barbarum; Lycium halimifolium.
WordNet
Matrimony vine
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noun any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries
boxthorn.
WordNet
(Bot.) , a climbing thorny vine (Lycium barbarum ) of the Potato family.