Christmas berry
1. spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries • Syn: Christmasberry, Lycium carolinianum • Hypernyms: shrub, bush • Member Holonyms: Lycium, genus Lycium 2. 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 • Syn: toyon, tollon, Christmasberry, Heteromeles arbutifolia, Photinia arbutifolia • Hypernyms: shrub, bush • Member Holonyms: Heteromeles, genus Heteromeles
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