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MOXIE PLUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does moxie plum mean?
• MOXIE PLUM (noun)
The noun MOXIE PLUM has 1 sense:
1. slow-growing procumbent evergreen shrublet of northern North America and Japan having white flowers and numerous white fleshy rough and hairy seeds
Familiarity information: MOXIE PLUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slow-growing procumbent evergreen shrublet of northern North America and Japan having white flowers and numerous white fleshy rough and hairy seeds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
creeping snowberry; Gaultheria hispidula; maidenhair berry; moxie plum
Hypernyms ("moxie plum" is a kind of...):
shrublet (dwarf shrub)
Holonyms ("moxie plum" is a member of...):
Gaultheria; genus Gaultheria (widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubs)
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