LAGERSTROEMIA SPECIOSA

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Meaning:

Native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers

Synonyms:

Lagerstroemia speciosa; pride-of-India; Queen's crape myrtle

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Nouns denoting plants

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

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Holonyms ("Lagerstroemia speciosa" 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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