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LYONIA MARIANA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lyonia mariana mean?
• LYONIA MARIANA (noun)
The noun LYONIA MARIANA has 1 sense:
1. deciduous shrub of coastal plain of the eastern United States having nodding pinkish-white flowers; poisonous to stock
Familiarity information: LYONIA MARIANA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deciduous shrub of coastal plain of the eastern United States having nodding pinkish-white flowers; poisonous to stock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Lyonia mariana; stagger bush; staggerbush
Hypernyms ("Lyonia mariana" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("Lyonia mariana" is a member of...):
genus Lyonia; Lyonia (evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of United States to Antilles and eastern Asia to the Himalaya)
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