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† lycium Obs.
[late L., a. Gr. λύκιον, orig. neut. sing. of λύκιος Lycian.]
a. The shrub Box-thorn (Lycium barbarum).
b. The fruit, and
c. the extracted juice of the Box-thorn.
1597Gerarde Herbal iii. xxv. 1151 There is drawne out of the leaues and branches of Boxe Thorne..a iuice, which is named Lycium... In English..it is also named Lycium of the iuice which is boiled out of it. 1657Physical Dict., Lycium, a decoction made of the juyce or decoction of the bramble root. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 36 Some adulterate the Indian Lycium with the gall hereof [sc. a Heifer]. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Lycium,..the name of a fruit called by the French baye d' Avignon, the Avignon berry. 1839Penny Cycl. XIV. 210. |