XYLOSMA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Shrub or small tree grown as an ornamental in mild climates for its neat evergreen foliage and fragrant late flowers; native of China

Synonyms:

xylosma; Xylosma congestum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

genus Xylosma (genus of tropical American and Asiatic spiny evergreen trees and shrubs)

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