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TOYON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does toyon mean? 

TOYON (noun)
  The noun TOYON has 1 sense:

1. ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photiniaplay

  Familiarity information: TOYON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TOYON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Christmas berry; Christmasberry; Heteromeles arbutifolia; Photinia arbutifolia; tollon; toyon

Hypernyms ("toyon" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("toyon" is a member of...):

genus Heteromeles; Heteromeles (one species: toyon; in some classifications included in genus Photinia)


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