English Explanatory Dictionary

wolfberry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of flowering species of the genus Lycium.
  2. Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  3. The berry of this plant.
  4. The western snowberry, Symphoricarpos occidentalis, a shrub native to nothern and central North America.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wolfberry.wav

Word forms

wolfberry wolfberries

Etymology

From wolf + berry.

Synonyms

boxthorn matrimony vine desert-thorn Chinese matrimony vine Chinese wolfberry goji goji berry

Translations

Arabic: عَوْسَج Arabic: لُسَاس Belarusian: ліцы́й Bulgarian: лициум Catalan: escambró Catalan: cambronera Chinese Mandarin: 枸杞 Danish: bukketorn Dutch: boksdoorn Finnish: pukinpensas French: lyciet Galician: escambrón German: Bocksdorn Ancient Greek: ῥάμνος Japanese: クコ Japanese: 枸杞 Macedonian: плетиплотка Malay: kauki Malay: koki Navajo: haashchʼéʼédą́ą́ʼ Polish: kolcowój Russian: дереза́ Russian: замани́ха Spanish: escambrón Spanish: cambronera Spanish: cambrón Spanish: spino cambrón Swedish: bocktörne Tibetan: འདྲེ་ཚེར་མ Turkish: teke dikeni Ukrainian: дереза́ Ukrainian: пові́й Vietnamese: củ khởi
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