LAGERSTROEMIA INDICA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States

Synonyms:

crape myrtle; crepe flower; crepe myrtle; Lagerstroemia indica

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Holonyms ("Lagerstroemia indica" 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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