xylosma

xylosma
noun
shrub or small tree grown as an ornamental in mild climates for its neat evergreen foliage and fragrant late flowers; native of China
• Syn: ↑Xylosma congestum
• Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Xylosma

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\\zīˈläzmə\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from xyl- + -osma
: a genus of American and Asiatic usually evergreen trees and shrubs (family Flacourtiaceae) with axillary thorns and fine-textured woods

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