Meanings
nounwolfberry (plural wolfberries)
plural wolfberries
- Any of flowering species of the genus Lycium.
Synonyms: boxthorn, matrimony vine, desert-thorn
- Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
Synonyms: Chinese matrimony vine, Chinese wolfberry
- The berry of this plant.
Synonyms: goji, goji berry
- The western snowberry, Symphoricarpos occidentalis, a shrub native to nothern and central North America.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of flowering species of the genus Lycium.
nounLycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
Similar
Chinese matrimony vineChinese wolfberry
nounThe berry of this plant.
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Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ῥάμνος
- ῥάμνος (rhámnos)Lycium
Arabic عَوْسَج, لُسَاس
- عَوْسَج (ʕawsaj)Lycium
- لُسَاس (lusās)Lycium
Bulgarian лиций, лициум
- лиций (licij)Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
- лициум (licium)Lycium
Catalan baia de goji, escambró
- baia de gojifruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
- escambróLycium
- cambroneraLycium
Chinese Cantonese 枸杞, 枸杞子
- 枸杞 (gau² gei²)fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
- 枸杞子 (gau² gei² zi²)fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
- 杞子 (gei² zi²)fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
Chinese Mandarin 枸杞子, 枸杞
- 枸杞子 (gǒuqǐzi)fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
- 枸杞 (gǒuqǐ)Lycium
Danish bukketorn
- bukketornLycium
Dutch Chinese boksdoorn, boksdoorn
- Chinese boksdoornLycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
- boksdoornLycium
Finnish aitapukinpensas, pukinpensas
- aitapukinpensasLycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
- pukinpensasLycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
- pukinkoisoLycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
- goji-marjafruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
- pukinpensasLycium
French goji, lyciet
- gojifruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
- lycietLycium
German Chinesischer Bocksdorn, Gojibeere
- Chinesischer BocksdornLycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
- Gojibeerefruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
- Chinesische Wolfsbeerefruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
- Wolfsbeerefruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
- BocksdornLycium
Japanese クコの実, クコの果実
- クコの実 (kuko no mi)fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
- クコの果実 (kuko no kajitsu)fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
- 枸杞 (kuko)Lycium
Korean 구기자
- 구기자 (gugija)fruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
Malay kauki, koki
- kaukiLycium
- kokiLycium
Polish kolcowój szkarłatny, kolcowój pospolity
- kolcowój szkarłatnyLycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
- kolcowój pospolityLycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
- kolcowójLycium
Portuguese goji
- gojifruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
Romanian cătină de garduri
- cătină de garduriLycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
Russian дереза́, замани́ха
- дереза́ (derezá)Lycium
- замани́ха (zamaníxa)Lycium
Spanish escambrón, cambronera
- escambrónLycium
- cambroneraLycium
- cambrónLycium
- spino cambrónLycium
Swedish gojibär, bocktörne
- gojibärfruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
- bocktörneLycium
Turkish kurt üzümü, teke dikeni
- kurt üzümüfruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
- teke dikeniLycium
Ukrainian дереза́, пові́й
- дереза́ (derezá)Lycium
- пові́й (povíj)Lycium
Vietnamese kỷ tử, cẩu kỷ
- kỷ tửfruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
- cẩu kỷfruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
- cẩu kỷ tửfruit of Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense
- củ khởiLycium
Cite this entry
APA
wolfberry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wolfberry
MLA
“wolfberry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wolfberry. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wolfberry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wolfberry.
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