Photinia

noun

genus of deciduous and evergreen east Asian trees and shrubs widely cultivated as ornamentals for their white flowers and red fruits; in some classifications includes genus Heteromeles

• Syn: ↑genus Photinia

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Rosaceae, ↑family Rosaceae, ↑rose family

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\\fōˈtinēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek phōteinos shining, bright (from phōt-, phōs light) + New Latin -ia

: a genus of small trees and shrubs (family Rosaceae) of eastern Asia including the toyon and other plants that have shining green leaves, showy white paniculate or corymbose flower clusters, and red fruits and that are widely cultivated as ornamentals — compare heteromeles

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/foh tin"ee euh/, n.

any of various trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Photinia, of the rose family, having clusters of small white flowers and red, berrylike fruit.

[ < NL (1821) < Gk photein(ós) shining, bright, (deriv. of phós, s. phot- light) + NL -ia -IA; so named in reference to the glossy evergreen leaves and white flowers]

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Photinia /fō-tinˈi-ə/

noun

1. A genus of evergreen or deciduous trees and shrubs of the Rosaceae family, grown for their foliage, and the deciduous varieties for autumn colour and the fruits which succeed their small white flowers

2. (without cap) a plant of the genus