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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 twigs
Familiarity information: FEBRUARY DAPHNE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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