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MAHONIA AQUIFOLIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mahonia aquifolium mean? 

MAHONIA AQUIFOLIUM (noun)
  The noun MAHONIA AQUIFOLIUM has 1 sense:

1. ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berriesplay

  Familiarity information: MAHONIA AQUIFOLIUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAHONIA AQUIFOLIUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

holly-leaves barberry; hollygrape; Mahonia aquifolium; mountain grape; Oregon grape; Oregon holly grape

Hypernyms ("Mahonia aquifolium" is a kind of...):

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


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