"Lycium" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [Latin]

Forms: Lycīum [canonical, neuter, singular], Lycīī [genitive], Lycēum [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λύκειον (Lúkeion). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:bor|grc:Λύκειον|text=+|title=Lycīum|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "Λύκειον", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "Lycīum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="Lycīum"> Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λύκειον (Lúkeion). Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Lycīum<2>}} Lycīum n sg (genitive Lycīī); second declension
  1. The Lyceum, near Athens. Tags: declension-2

Proper name [Translingual]

Etymology: From Ancient Greek λύκιον (lúkion, “dyer's buckthorn”). Etymology templates: {{der|mul|grc|λύκιον||dyer's buckthorn}} Ancient Greek λύκιον (lúkion, “dyer's buckthorn”) Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=n|g2=|head=Lycium|nogendercat=1}} Lycium n
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Solanaceae – boxthorns, wolfberries, and goji berry. Tags: neuter Hyponyms (genus): Lycium afrum (english: type species), Lycium barbarum, Lycium chinense (english: selected species)
    Sense id: en-Lycium-mul-name-zr3qY68X Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Taxonomic names (genus) Hypernyms (genus): Eukaryota (english: superkingdom), Plantae (english: kingdom), Viridiplantae (english: subkingdom), Streptophyta (english: infrakingdom), Embryophyta (english: superphylum), Tracheophyta (english: phylum), Spermatophytina (english: subphylum), angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I (english: clades), Solanales (english: order), Solanaceae (english: family), Solanoideae (english: subfamily), Lycieae (english: tribe)
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