Chinese wolfberry

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Chinese wolfberry (plural Chinese wolfberries)

  1. Either of two Chinese species of spiny shrub in the nightshade family, Lycium barbarum and Lycium chinense, and their edible fruits, which are used in East Asian traditional medicine.
    Synonyms: goji berry, Chinese boxthorn