CARPENTERIA

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Meaning:

California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers

Synonyms:

carpenteria; Carpenteria californica

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Nouns denoting plants

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

hydrangea (any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Hydrangea)

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

genus Carpenteria (one species; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae)

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