Queen's crape myrtle

Queen's crape myrtle
noun
native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers
• Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lagerstroemia, ↑genus Lagerstroemia

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noun
: a tree (Lagerstroemia speciosa) that is native to Asia, Australia, and the East Indies where it provides timber and that is used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy mauve to pink or purple flowers in large terminal clusters — see pyinma

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  • queen's-flower — (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun (plural queen s flowers) : queen s crape myrtle …   Useful english dictionary

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  • pyinma — noun relatively hard durable timber from the Queen s crape myrtle; light reddish brown, smooth and lustrous • Hypernyms: ↑wood * * * pēˈinˌmä, ˈpyi noun ( s) Etymology: native name in Burma : the light red to reddish brown smooth lustrous and… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Lagerstroemia speciosa — Taxobox name = Lagerstroemia speciosa image caption= Flowers on a tree in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, where it is locally called Jarul . image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Myrtales familia …   Wikipedia

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  • angiospermous tree — noun any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary • Syn: ↑flowering tree • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Hyponyms: ↑ilang ilang, ↑ylang ylang, ↑Cananga odorata, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • flowering tree — noun any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary • Syn: ↑angiospermous tree • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Hyponyms: ↑ilang ilang, ↑ylang ylang, ↑Cananga odorata, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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