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CHIMONANTHUS PRAECOX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chimonanthus praecox mean? 

CHIMONANTHUS PRAECOX (noun)
  The noun CHIMONANTHUS PRAECOX has 1 sense:

1. deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowersplay

  Familiarity information: CHIMONANTHUS PRAECOX used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHIMONANTHUS PRAECOX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chimonanthus praecox; Japan allspice; Japanese allspice; winter sweet

Hypernyms ("Chimonanthus praecox" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Chimonanthus praecox" is a member of...):

Chimonanthus; genus Chimonanthus (small genus of Asian deciduous or evergreen shrubs having fragrant flowers: winter sweet)


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