lycium
- n deciduous and evergreen shrubs often spiny; cosmopolitan in temperate and subtropical regions
lycium barbarum
- n deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and violet-purple flowers followed by orange-red berries; southeastern Europe to China
lycium carolinianum
- n spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries
lycium halimifolium
- n deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and violet-purple flowers followed by orange-red berries; southeastern Europe to China
lycopene
- n carotenoid that makes tomatoes red; may lower the risk of prostate cancer
lycoperdaceae
- n a fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales; includes puffballs
lycoperdales
- n small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies; includes puffballs and earthstars
lycoperdon
- n genus of fungi whose fruiting body tapers toward a base consisting of spongy mycelium