genus lycium

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   deciduous and evergreen shrubs often spiny; cosmopolitan in temperate and subtropical regions

   SynonymsLycium

   Broaderasterid dicot genus

   Part ofSolanaceae

Questions about genus lycium

What does genus lycium mean?

genus lycium means "deciduous and evergreen shrubs often spiny; cosmopolitan in temperate and subtropical regions".

What is another word for genus lycium?

Close synonyms include Lycium. 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 genus lycium a common word?

genus lycium 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.