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FEBRUARY DAPHNE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does February daphne mean? 

FEBRUARY DAPHNE (noun)
  The noun FEBRUARY DAPHNE has 1 sense:

1. small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigsplay

  Familiarity information: FEBRUARY DAPHNE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FEBRUARY DAPHNE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Daphne mezereum; February daphne; mezereon

Hypernyms ("February daphne" is a kind of...):

daphne (any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers)

Meronyms (parts of "February daphne"):

mezereum (the dried bark of the shrub mezereon)


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