Christmas berry
n 1: spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having
spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red
berries [syn: Christmasberry, Lycium carolinianum]
2: 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 [syn: toyon,
tollon, Christmasberry, Heteromeles arbutifolia, Photinia
arbutifolia]