christmas berry

1. 1.

   spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries

   SynonymsChristmasberryLycium carolinianum

   Broadershrub

   Part ofLycium
2. 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

   SynonymstoyontollonChristmasberryHeteromeles arbutifoliaPhotinia arbutifolia

   Broadershrub

   Part ofHeteromeles

Questions about christmas berry

What does christmas berry mean?

christmas berry means "spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for christmas berry?

Close synonyms include Christmasberry, Lycium carolinianum, toyon, tollon, Christmasberry. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is christmas berry a common word?

christmas berry is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.