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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A spiny, bushy tree of Tasmania, Bursaria spinosa, yielding a hard white wood resembling boxwood and used in turnery.
- noun A name given to plants of the genus Lycium, more particularly L. barbarum.
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From its resemblance to the box it is frequently called the box-thorn.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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