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LAGERSTROEMIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lagerstroemia mean?
• LAGERSTROEMIA (noun)
The noun LAGERSTROEMIA has 1 sense:
1. shrubs or small trees of tropical Asia and Africa usually with showy white, pink, or purplish flowers
Familiarity information: LAGERSTROEMIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrubs or small trees of tropical Asia and Africa usually with showy white, pink, or purplish flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Lagerstroemia; Lagerstroemia
Hypernyms ("Lagerstroemia" is a kind of...):
plant genus (a genus of plants)
Meronyms (members of "Lagerstroemia"):
crape myrtle; crepe flower; crepe myrtle; Lagerstroemia indica (ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States)
Lagerstroemia speciosa; pride-of-India; Queen's crape myrtle (native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers)
Holonyms ("Lagerstroemia" is a member of...):
family Lythraceae; loosestrife family; Lythraceae (herbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowers)
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