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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 seedsplay

  Familiarity information: MOXIE PLUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOXIE PLUM (noun)


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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