LAGERSTROEMIA INDICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lagerstroemia indica mean? 

• LAGERSTROEMIA INDICA (noun)
  The noun LAGERSTROEMIA INDICA has 1 sense:

1. ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States

  Familiarity information: LAGERSTROEMIA INDICA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAGERSTROEMIA INDICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

crape myrtle; crepe flower; crepe myrtle; Lagerstroemia indica

Hypernyms ("Lagerstroemia indica" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Lagerstroemia indica" is a member of...):

genus Lagerstroemia; Lagerstroemia (shrubs or small trees of tropical Asia and Africa usually with showy white, pink, or purplish flowers)