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wolfberry

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈwʊlf.bɛ.ɹi/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of flowering species of the genus Lycium.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boxthorn, matrimony vine, desert-thorn

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Chinese matrimony vine, Chinese wolfberry

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The berry of this plant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: goji, goji berry

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From wolf + berry.

Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَوْسَج (ʕawsaj) — Lycium
  • Arabic: لُسَاس (lusās) — Lycium
  • Belarusian: ліцы́й (licýj) — Lycium
  • Bulgarian: лициум (licium) — Lycium
  • Catalan: escambró — Lycium
  • Catalan: cambronera — Lycium
  • Chinese Mandarin: 枸杞 (gǒuqǐ) — Lycium
  • Danish: bukketorn — Lycium
  • Dutch: boksdoorn — Lycium
  • Finnish: pukinpensas — Lycium
  • French: lyciet — Lycium
  • Galician: escambrón — Lycium
  • German: Bocksdorn — Lycium
  • Ancient Greek: ῥάμνος (rhámnos) — Lycium
  • Japanese: クコ (kuko) — Lycium
  • Japanese: 枸杞 (kuko) — Lycium
  • Macedonian: плетиплотка (pletiplotka) — Lycium
  • Malay: kauki — Lycium
  • Malay: koki — Lycium
  • Navajo: haashchʼéʼédą́ą́ʼ — Lycium
  • Polish: kolcowój — Lycium
  • Russian: дереза́ (derezá) — Lycium
  • Russian: замани́ха (zamaníxa) — Lycium
  • Spanish: escambrón — Lycium
  • Spanish: cambronera — Lycium
  • Spanish: cambrón — Lycium
  • Spanish: spino cambrón — Lycium
  • Swedish: bocktörne — Lycium
  • Tibetan: འདྲེ་ཚེར་མ ('dre tsher ma) — Lycium
  • Turkish: teke dikeni — Lycium
  • Ukrainian: дереза́ (derezá) — Lycium
  • Ukrainian: пові́й (povíj) — Lycium
  • Vietnamese: củ khởi — Lycium
  • Bulgarian: лиций (licij) — Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • Dutch: Chinese boksdoorn — Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • Finnish: aitapukinpensas — Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • Finnish: pukinpensas — Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • Finnish: pukinkoiso — Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • German: Chinesischer Bocksdorn — Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • Polish: kolcowój szkarłatny — Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • Polish: kolcowój pospolity — Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • Romanian: cătină de garduri — Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • Catalan: baia de goji — fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • Chinese Cantonese: 枸杞 (gau2 gei2) — fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • Chinese Cantonese: 枸杞子 (gau2 gei2 zi2) — fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • Chinese Cantonese: 杞子 (gei2 zi2) — fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • Chinese Mandarin: 枸杞子 (gǒuqǐzi) — fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • Finnish: goji-marja — fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • French: goji — fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • German: Gojibeere — fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • German: Chinesische Wolfsbeere — fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • German: Wolfsbeere — fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • Japanese: クコの実 (kuko no mi) — fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • Japanese: クコの果実 (kuko no kajitsu) — fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • Korean: 구기자 (gugija) — fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • Macedonian: плетиплотка (pletiplotka) — fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • Manchu: ᠮᠠᡳᠰᡥᠠᠨ (maishan) — fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • Portuguese: goji — fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • Swedish: gojibär — fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • Tibetan: འདྲེ་ཚེར་མའི་འབྲས་བུ ('dre tsher ma 'i 'bras bu) — fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • Turkish: kurt üzümü — fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • Vietnamese: kỷ tử — fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • Vietnamese: cẩu kỷ — fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
  • Vietnamese: cẩu kỷ tử — fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense