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CARPENTERIA CALIFORNICA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Carpenteria californica mean?
• CARPENTERIA CALIFORNICA (noun)
The noun CARPENTERIA CALIFORNICA has 1 sense:
1. California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers
Familiarity information: CARPENTERIA CALIFORNICA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CARPENTERIA CALIFORNICA (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
carpenteria; Carpenteria californica
Hypernyms ("Carpenteria californica" is a kind of...):
hydrangea (any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Hydrangea)
Holonyms ("Carpenteria californica" is a member of...):
genus Carpenteria (one species; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae)
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