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Matrimoine
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Matrimonious
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1903
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries [syn: matrimony vine, boxthorn]
Merriam Webster's
noun Date: circa 1818 a shrub or vine (genus Lycium) of the nightshade family with often showy flowers and usually red berries
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Matrimony Mat"ri*mo*ny, n. [OE. matrimoine, through Old French, fr. L. matrimonium, fr. mater mother. See Mother.] 1. The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock. If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now confessit. --Book of Com. Prayer (Eng. Ed. ) 2. A kind of game at cards played by several persons. Matrimony vine (Bot.), a climbing thorny vine (Lycium barbarum) of the Potato family. --Gray. Syn: Marriage; wedlock. See Marriage.
