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    TOYON

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photiniaplay

    Synonyms:

    Christmas berry; Christmasberry; Heteromeles arbutifolia; Photinia arbutifolia; tollon; toyon

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

    genus Heteromeles; Heteromeles (one species: toyon; in some classifications included in genus Photinia)

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