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wolfberry

/ˈwʊlf.bɛ.ɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables
wolf-ber-ry
IPA
/ˈwʊlf.bɛ.ɹi/
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of flowering species of the genus Lycium.

noun

Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense

noun

The berry of this plant.

noun

The western snowberry, Symphoricarpos occidentalis, a shrub native to nothern and central North America.

Etymology

From wolf + berry.

Inflected Forms

wolfberries (plural)

Synonyms

boxthorn matrimony vine desert-thorn Chinese matrimony vine Chinese wolfberry goji goji berry

Questions

How do you pronounce wolfberry?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwʊlf.bɛ.ɹi/.
What does wolfberry mean?
Any of flowering species of the genus Lycium.
Where does wolfberry come from?
From wolf + berry.

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