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GENUS LEUCOTHOE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
American and Asiatic deciduous and evergreen shrubs
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Leucothoe" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Leucothoe"):
leucothoe (any plant of the genus Leucothoe; grown for their beautiful white flowers; glossy foliage contains a poisonous substance similar to that found in genus Kalmia)
dog hobble; dog laurel; Leucothoe editorum; Leucothoe fontanesiana; switch-ivy (fast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowers)
Leucothoe racemosa; sweet bells (bushy deciduous shrub of the eastern United States with long racemes of pinkish flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Leucothoe" is a member of...):
Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)
