NOUN | plant | Buckleya distichophylla, buckleya | parasitic shrub of the eastern United States having opposite leaves and insignificant greenish flowers followed by oily dull green olivelike fruits |
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Meaning | Parasitic shrub of the eastern United States having opposite leaves and insignificant greenish flowers followed by oily dull green olivelike fruits. | |
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Synonym | buckleya | |
Member of | genus Buckleya | small genus of Asiatic and American parasitic shrubs |
Broader | parasitic plant | plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it |
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