Christmas berry

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The California holly or toyon, Heteromeles arbutifolia, a handsome evergreen shrub whose bright-red berries, contrasting with the shining green foliage, admirably adapt it for Christmas decoration.

Wiktionary

1. n. botany toyon

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. a spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern U. S. (Lycium carolinianum) having spreading branches with usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries.
2. n. an ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of US Pacific coast (Photinia arbutifolia) having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries
2. n. ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia
3. n. ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia
4. n. spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries