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goji

US/ˈɡoʊ.d͡ʒi/

goji noun: a fruit in the genus Lycium, especially in commercial products where it is promoted as a superfruit.

Noun

goji (plural gojis or goji)

  1. A fruit in the genus Lycium, especially in commercial products where it is promoted as a superfruit.

Synonyms of goji

Forms of goji

pluralgojis
pluralgoji

Origin of goji

^((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.

Phrases with goji

Questions about goji

What does goji mean?
Goji means a fruit in the genus Lycium, especially in commercial products where it is promoted as a superfruit.
What part of speech is goji?
Goji is a noun.
How do you pronounce goji?
Goji is pronounced /ˈɡoʊ.d͡ʒi/ (US).
What is the plural of goji?
The plural of goji is gojis.

Words near goji in the dictionary

  1. Goiânia
  2. Gojcaj
  3. Gojcajs
  4. goje
  5. gojes
  6. goji
  7. goji berries
  8. goji berry
  9. gojiberry
  10. gojis
  11. Gojko

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Adapted from Wiktionary: goji (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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