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LEIOPHYLLUM BUXIFOLIUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Low-growing evergreen shrub of New Jersey to Florida grown for its many white star-shaped flowers and glossy foliage
Synonyms:
Leiophyllum buxifolium; sand myrtle
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Leiophyllum buxifolium" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("Leiophyllum buxifolium" is a member of...):
genus Leiophyllum; Leiophyllum (one species: sand myrtle)