Christmas berry

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The California holly or toyon, Heteromeles arbutifolia, a handsome evergreen shrub whose bright-red berries, contrasting with the shining green foliage, admirably adapt it for Christmas decoration.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun a spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern U. S. (Lycium carolinianum) having spreading branches with usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries.
• noun an ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of US Pacific coast (Photinia arbutifolia) having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun botany toyon

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun 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
• noun spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries
• noun spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries
• noun 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