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Christmasberry ThesaurusNoun | 1. | Christmasberry - spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berriesChristmas berry, Lycium carolinianumgenus Lycium, Lycium - deciduous and evergreen shrubs often spiny; cosmopolitan in temperate and subtropical regionsbush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | | 2. | Christmasberry - ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus PhotiniaHeteromeles arbutifolia, Photinia arbutifolia, tollon, toyon, Christmas berrygenus Heteromeles, Heteromeles - one species: toyon; in some classifications included in genus Photiniabush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
Christmasberry
Christmasberry or toyon (tō`yən), evergreen tree or shrub (Photinia arbutifolia) of the family Rosaceae (roserose, common name for some members of the Rosaceae, a large family of herbs, shrubs, and trees distributed over most of the earth, and for plants of the genus Rosa, the true roses. ..... Click the link for more information. family), found on the Pacific coast of North America. Its white flowers are followed by bright red berries; with its handsome leaves, it is used on the Pacific coast as a Christmas green. It is also called California holly. Most other species of Photinia, sometimes cultivated, are native to Asia East. Christmasberry is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta , division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem). ..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Rosaceae.Christmasberry
Synonyms for Christmasberrynoun spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berriesSynonyms- Christmas berry
- Lycium carolinianum
Related Words- genus Lycium
- Lycium
- bush
- shrub
noun ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruitsSynonyms- Heteromeles arbutifolia
- Photinia arbutifolia
- tollon
- toyon
- Christmas berry
Related Words- genus Heteromeles
- Heteromeles
- bush
- shrub
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