mahonia

ma·ho·ni·a

M0038450 (mə-hō′nē-ə)n. Any of various shrubs classified either in the genus Mahonia or the genus Berberis, such as the Oregon grape.

[New Latin Mahonia, genus name, after Bernard McMahon (c. 1775-1816), Irish-born American botanist .]

mahonia

(məˈhəʊnɪə) n (Plants) any evergreen berberidaceous shrub of the Asian and American genus Mahonia, esp M. aquifolium: cultivated for their ornamental spiny divided leaves and clusters of small yellow flowers[C19: New Latin, named after Bernard McMahon (died 1816), American botanist]

ma•ho•ni•a

(məˈhoʊ ni ə)

n., pl. -ni•as. any of various evergreen shrubs belonging to the genus Mahonia, of the barberry family, including the Oregon grape. [< New Latin (1818), after Bernard McMahon (c1775–1816), U.S. botanist, born in Ireland; see -ia]

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Mahonia - evergreen shrubs and small trees of North and Central America and Asiagenus Mahoniamagnoliid dicot genus - genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiospermsbarberry family, Berberidaceae, family Berberidaceae - shrubs or herbs

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Mahonia

a genus of plants of the family Berberidaceae. They are evergreen shrubs or small trees. The large leaves are oddpinnate, prickly, and leathery; the yellow flowers are gathered in racemes. There are more than 100 species, distributed in North and Central America, as well as in Asia from the Himalayas to Japan and Sumatra. The Oregon grape (Mahonia aquifolia) is a shrub measuring up to 1 m tall, with shiny dark green leaves and bright yellow many-flowered terminal racemes. It grows wild in the western part of North America and is cultivated as an ornamental in the temperate belt of the northern hemisphere. In severe winters the Oregon grape freezes. In a number of species the mature fruits, dark blue berries with a gray bloom or down, are used in candies and baked goods.

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noun evergreen shrubs and small trees of North and Central America and Asia

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