Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chinese wolfberry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.10 in modern English

Syllables: chi-ne-se -wolf-ber-ry
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

Chinese wolfberries (plural)

Synonyms

goji berry Chinese boxthorn

Questions

What does chinese wolfberry mean?: 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.

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