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PHOTINIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Photinia mean? 

PHOTINIA (noun)
  The noun PHOTINIA has 1 sense:

1. genus of deciduous and evergreen east Asian trees and shrubs widely cultivated as ornamentals for their white flowers and red fruits; in some classifications includes genus Heteromelesplay

  Familiarity information: PHOTINIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PHOTINIA (noun)


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Meaning:

Genus of deciduous and evergreen east Asian trees and shrubs widely cultivated as ornamentals for their white flowers and red fruits; in some classifications includes genus Heteromeles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Photinia; Photinia

Hypernyms ("Photinia" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Holonyms ("Photinia" is a member of...):

family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)


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