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LAGERSTROEMIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Shrubs or small trees of tropical Asia and Africa usually with showy white, pink, or purplish flowers

Synonyms:

genus Lagerstroemia; Lagerstroemia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Lagerstroemia"):

crape myrtle; crepe flower; crepe myrtle; Lagerstroemia indica (ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States)

Lagerstroemia speciosa; pride-of-India; Queen's crape myrtle (native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers)

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

family Lythraceae; loosestrife family; Lythraceae (herbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowers)

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