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BUCKLEYA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does buckleya mean? 

BUCKLEYA (noun)
  The noun BUCKLEYA has 1 sense:

1. parasitic shrub of the eastern United States having opposite leaves and insignificant greenish flowers followed by oily dull green olivelike fruitsplay

  Familiarity information: BUCKLEYA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BUCKLEYA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Parasitic shrub of the eastern United States having opposite leaves and insignificant greenish flowers followed by oily dull green olivelike fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

buckleya; Buckleya distichophylla

Hypernyms ("buckleya" is a kind of...):

parasitic plant (plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it)

Holonyms ("buckleya" is a member of...):

genus Buckleya (small genus of Asiatic and American parasitic shrubs)


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