TOYON

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia

Synonyms:

Christmas berry; Christmasberry; Heteromeles arbutifolia; Photinia arbutifolia; tollon; toyon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

genus Heteromeles; Heteromeles (one species: toyon; in some classifications included in genus Photinia)

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