matrimony : Idioms & Phrases


common matrimony vine

  • noun deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and violet-purple flowers followed by orange-red berries; southeastern Europe to China
    Duke of Argyll's tea tree; Lycium barbarum; Lycium halimifolium.
WordNet

Matrimony vine

  • noun any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries
    boxthorn.
WordNet
  • (Bot.), a climbing thorny vine (Lycium barbarum) of the Potato family.
Webster 1913