Christmasberry

n 1: spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having

spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red

berries [syn: {Christmasberry}, {Christmas berry}, {Lycium

carolinianum}]

2: ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of United States Pacific

coast having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits;

often placed in genus Photinia [syn: {toyon}, {tollon}, {Christmasberry},

{Christmas berry}, {Heteromeles arbutifolia}, {Photinia

arbutifolia}]

Christmas tree

A kind of EIA-232 line tester or breakout box featuring rows of

blinking red and green LEDs suggestive of Christmas lights.

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