CYRILLA RACEMIFLORA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cyrilla racemiflora mean? 

• CYRILLA RACEMIFLORA (noun)
  The noun CYRILLA RACEMIFLORA has 1 sense:

1. shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage

  Familiarity information: CYRILLA RACEMIFLORA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYRILLA RACEMIFLORA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cyrilla; Cyrilla racemiflora; leatherwood; white titi

Hypernyms ("Cyrilla racemiflora" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Cyrilla racemiflora" is a member of...):

genus Cyrilla (one species: trees and shrubs having flowers with acute or twisted petals and wingless fruit)