wolfberry

[ woolf-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]

noun,plural wolf·ber·ries.
  1. a North American shrub, Symphoricarpos occidentalis, of the honeysuckle family, having gray, hairy, egg-shaped leaves and pinkish, bell-shaped flowers, and bearing white berries.

Origin of wolfberry

1
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35; wolf + berry

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British Dictionary definitions for wolfberry

wolfberry

/ (ˈwʊlfˌbɛrɪ) /


noun
  1. the berry of either of two plants of the genus Lycium, valued for its nutritional qualities: Also: goji

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