noun
- Spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries.
- synonyms: Christmasberry, Lycium carolinianum
- Ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia.
- synonyms: toyon, tollon, Christmasberry, Heteromeles arbutifolia, Photinia arbutifolia
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