christmas berry

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christmas berry - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Christmas berry
      n 1: spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having
           spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red
           berries [syn: Christmasberry, Christmas berry, Lycium carolinianum
           ]
      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, Christmas berry,
         Heteromeles arbutifolia, Photinia arbutifolia]