XYLOSMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does xylosma mean? 

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

1. shrub or small tree grown as an ornamental in mild climates for its neat evergreen foliage and fragrant late flowers; native of China

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• XYLOSMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrub or small tree grown as an ornamental in mild climates for its neat evergreen foliage and fragrant late flowers; native of China

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

xylosma; Xylosma congestum

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

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

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

genus Xylosma (genus of tropical American and Asiatic spiny evergreen trees and shrubs)