1. (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

1. (noun) deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and violet-purple flowers followed by orange-red berries; southeastern Europe to China

• boxthorn
• matrimony vine