English Dictionary |
JAPANESE ANDROMEDA
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
IPA (US): |
Dictionary entry overview: What does Japanese andromeda mean?
• JAPANESE ANDROMEDA (noun)
The noun JAPANESE ANDROMEDA has 1 sense:
1. broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers
Familiarity information: JAPANESE ANDROMEDA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
andromeda; Japanese andromeda; lily-of-the-valley tree; Pieris japonica
Hypernyms ("Japanese andromeda" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("Japanese andromeda" is a member of...):
genus Pieris; Pieris (decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines)
Learn English with... Proverbs |
"We will stay longer dead than poor" (Breton proverb)
"If you reach for the highest of ideals, you shouldn't settle for less than the stars" (Arabic proverb)
"Leave the spool to the artisan." (Corsican proverb)