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 

• LYONIA MARIANA (noun)

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)