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单词 goji
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gojin.

Brit. /ˈɡəʊdʒi/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊdʒi/
Origin: A borrowing from Chinese. Etymon: Chinese gǒuqǐ.
Etymology: < Chinese gǒuqǐ goji plant; compare Chinese gǒuqǐzǐ goji berry, lit. ‘goji seed’ (compare quot. 1996).The form of the English word may originate from an irregular transliteration used in Taiwan, from where the berries were first introduced to Western markets; it does not conform to any of the major transliteration systems.
In full goji berry. The edible bright red berry of either of two species of wolfberry, Lycium barbarum and L. chinense, widely cultivated in China and supposed to contain high levels of certain vitamins.
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1996 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 24 July 1 e Matrimony vine (Lycium chinense or Gou qi zi): believed to act on the liver and kidneys, and to lower blood pressure and cholesterol.]
2002 San Antonio (Texas) Express-News 21 Aug. 6 f/6 He talks of how many new foods there are to savor, such as goji berries from Tibet or cassia discs.
2007 H. Swanson Super Nat. Cooking 87 One of my favourite stories is the legend of..a Chinese man who faithfully ate gojis and lived to the ripe old age of 252.
2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 12 Mar. e3/1 Blueberries, pomegranates, goji berries, açai: over the last few years marketers, purveyors and others have anointed these as superfruits.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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