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LYONIA LUCIDA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbel
Synonyms:
fetter bush; fetterbush; Lyonia lucida; shiny lyonia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Lyonia lucida" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("Lyonia lucida" is a member of...):
genus Lyonia; Lyonia (evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of United States to Antilles and eastern Asia to the Himalaya)