HyperDic: genus_lyonia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Lyonia:
NOUNplantgenus Lyonia, Lyoniaevergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of United States to Antilles and eastern Asia to the Himalaya
English > genus Lyonia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningevergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of United States to Antilles and eastern Asia to the Himalaya.
SynonymLyonia
Member ofEricaceae, family Ericaceae, heath familyheathers
Membersfetterbush, fetter bush, shiny lyonia, Lyonia lucidashowy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbel
maleberry, male berry, privet andromeda, he-huckleberry, Lyonia ligustrinadeciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers
staggerbush, stagger bush, Lyonia marianadeciduous shrub of coastal plain of the eastern United States having nodding pinkish-white flowers
Broaderdilleniid dicot genusgenus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
Spanishgenus lyonia, lyonia
Catalangenus lyonia, lyonia

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