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LEUCOTHOE FONTANESIANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Leucothoe fontanesiana mean? 

LEUCOTHOE FONTANESIANA (noun)
  The noun LEUCOTHOE FONTANESIANA has 1 sense:

1. fast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowersplay

  Familiarity information: LEUCOTHOE FONTANESIANA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LEUCOTHOE FONTANESIANA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

dog hobble; dog laurel; Leucothoe editorum; Leucothoe fontanesiana; switch-ivy

Hypernyms ("Leucothoe fontanesiana" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Leucothoe fontanesiana" is a member of...):

genus Leucothoe (American and Asiatic deciduous and evergreen shrubs)


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