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WITCH ALDER
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains
Synonyms:
fothergilla; witch alder
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("witch alder" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("witch alder" is a member of...):
Fothergilla; genus Fothergilla (small genus of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United States)
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