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QUEEN'S CRAPE MYRTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Queen's crape myrtle mean? 

QUEEN'S CRAPE MYRTLE (noun)
  The noun QUEEN'S CRAPE MYRTLE has 1 sense:

1. native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowersplay

  Familiarity information: QUEEN'S CRAPE MYRTLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


QUEEN'S CRAPE MYRTLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Lagerstroemia speciosa; pride-of-India; Queen's crape myrtle

Hypernyms ("Queen's crape myrtle" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Holonyms ("Queen's crape myrtle" is a member of...):

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


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