English > Lyonia: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of United States to Antilles and eastern Asia to the Himalaya. |
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Synonym | genus Lyonia |
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Member of | Ericaceae, family Ericaceae, heath family | heathers |
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Members | fetterbush, fetter bush, shiny lyonia, Lyonia lucida | showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbel |
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maleberry, male berry, privet andromeda, he-huckleberry, Lyonia ligustrina | deciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers |
staggerbush, stagger bush, Lyonia mariana | deciduous shrub of coastal plain of the eastern United States having nodding pinkish-white flowers |
Broader | dilleniid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
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Spanish | genus lyonia, lyonia |
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Catalan | genus lyonia, lyonia |
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