wolfberry

American

[woolf-ber-ee, -buh-ree] / ˈwʊlfˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

noun

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.

wolfberry British

/ ˈwʊlfˌbɛrɪ /

noun

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

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wolfberries

plural

Etymology

Origin of wolfberry

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

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