CARPENTERIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carpenteria mean? 

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

1. California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARPENTERIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

carpenteria; Carpenteria californica

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

hydrangea (any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Hydrangea)

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

genus Carpenteria (one species; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae)