LYONIA LUCIDA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lyonia lucida mean? 

• LYONIA LUCIDA (noun)
  The noun LYONIA LUCIDA has 1 sense:

1. showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbel

  Familiarity information: LYONIA LUCIDA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LYONIA LUCIDA (noun)

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Meaning:

Showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fetter bush; fetterbush; Lyonia lucida; shiny lyonia

Hypernyms ("Lyonia lucida" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Lyonia lucida" is a member of...):

genus Lyonia; Lyonia (evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of United States to Antilles and eastern Asia to the Himalaya)