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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mat·ri·mo·ny n.
 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 confess it.   --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.
 Syn: -- Marriage; wedlock. See Marriage.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

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