Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A deciduous shrub (Symphoricarpos occidentalis) of western North America, having white berries and pinkish bell-shaped flowers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A shrub, Symphoricarpos occidentalis, of northern North America, in the United States ranging from Michigan and Illinois to the Rocky Mountains.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) An American shrub (
Symphoricarpus occidentalis ) which bears soft white berries.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of flowering species of the genus
Lycium . - noun The
berry of this plant.
Etymologies
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Examples
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In traditional Chinese medicine, the superfruit berry lycium barbarum, also known as wolfberry, has long been recognized for various therapeutic properties based on its antioxidant and immune-boosting effects, reports The Daily Express.
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In traditional Chinese medicine, the superfruit berry lycium barbarum, also known as wolfberry, has long been recognized for various therapeutic properties based on its antioxidant and immune-boosting effects, reports The Daily Express.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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Goji berry, also known as wolfberry, is primarily grown in China and has long been a part of traditional Chinese medicine.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com LIVESTRONG.COM 2010
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Goji berry, also known as wolfberry, is primarily grown in China and has long been a part of traditional Chinese medicine.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com LIVESTRONG.COM 2010
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In traditional Chinese medicine, the superfruit berry lycium barbarum, also known as wolfberry, has long been recognized for various therapeutic properties based on its antioxidant and immune-boosting effects, reports The Daily Express.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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In traditional Chinese medicine, the superfruit berry lycium barbarum, also known as wolfberry, has long been recognized for various therapeutic properties based on its antioxidant and immune-boosting effects, reports The Daily Express.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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Ms Soper said the goji berry, also known as the wolfberry, was one of the most nutritionally dense foods in the world.
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I love the solanaceae family, not only because the members of its clan have the coolest names in the botanical world (datura and deadly nightshade - the belladonna genus is the deadliest of the bunch with high levels of alkaloids) but because the plants that are edible produce either fruit (like capsicums, aubergines and tomatoes) or berries (such as wolfberry) - and you know of my looooooooovvvve for aubergines.
Archive 2008-04-01 Shaun 2008
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Herbal Oatmealin flavors such as wolfberry and tremella, a fungus considered in China to have therapeutic properties.
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Traces of substances that the database is saying are ginseng and wolfberry.
The Burning Wire Jeffery Deaver 2010
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