ABELIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abelia mean? 

• ABELIA (noun)
  The noun ABELIA has 1 sense:

1. any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers; Asia and Mexico

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABELIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers; Asia and Mexico

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

genus Abelia (chiefly east Asian shrubs)