资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

matrimony vine
     n : any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with
         showy flowers and bright berries [syn: {boxthorn}]