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CYRILLA RACEMIFLORA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage
Synonyms:
cyrilla; Cyrilla racemiflora; leatherwood; white titi
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cyrilla racemiflora" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("Cyrilla racemiflora" is a member of...):
genus Cyrilla (one species: trees and shrubs having flowers with acute or twisted petals and wingless fruit)