goji
A fruit in the genus Lycium, especially in commercial products where it is promoted as…A fruit in the genus Lycium, especially in commercial products where it is promoted as a superfruit.
» Mary put some goji berries in her smoothie.
Maria warf sich ein paar Bocksdornbeeren in den Früchtetrunk.
Meaning
1 sensesA fruit in the genus Lycium, especially in commercial products where it is promoted as a superfruit.
Examples
1 sentencesMary put some goji berries in her smoothie.
deMaria warf sich ein paar Bocksdornbeeren in den Früchtetrunk. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
^((please verify)) A marketing coinage, likely an altered pronunciation of Mandarin 枸杞 (gǒ^((please verify)) A marketing coinage, likely an altered pronunciation of Mandarin 枸杞 (gǒuqǐ). The earliest known usage in print was in a publication in 1996. The first usage in the LexisNexis database is a newspaper article in 2002. Wider usage began in 2003 and 2004.
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Forms
plural: gojis / gojiSynonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular