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ABELIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers; Asia and Mexico
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("abelia" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("abelia" is a member of...):
genus Abelia (chiefly east Asian shrubs)