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pachysandra
pach·y·san·dra P0003600 (păk′ĭ-săn′drə)n. Any of several evergreen creeping plants of the genus Pachysandra of East Asia and the southeast United States, especially Japanese spurge, often planted as a ground cover.
[New Latin Pachysandra, genus name : Greek pakhus, thick + New Latin -andrus, -androus (after its thick stamens).]pachysandra (ˌpækɪˈsændrə) n (Botany) botany an evergreen shrubpach•y•san•dra (ˌpæk əˈsæn drə)
n., pl. -dras. any of several low-growing plants of the genus Pachysandra, of the box family, widely grown as a ground cover. [1805–15; < New Latin, irreg. < Greek pachýs thick + andr- (s. of anḗr man; see andro-) + New Latin -a -a2; so called from the thick stamens of the male flowers] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | pachysandra - any plant of the genus Pachysandra; low-growing evergreen herbs or subshrubs having dentate leaves and used as ground covergenus Pachysandra - evergreen perennial procumbent subshrubs or herbsAllegheny mountain spurge, Allegheny spurge, Pachysandra procumbens - low semi-evergreen perennial herb having small spikes of white or pinkish flowers; native to southern United States but grown elsewhereJapanese spurge, Pachysandra terminalis - slow-growing Japanese evergreen subshrub having terminal spikes of white flowers; grown as a ground coversubshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base |
Pachysandra
Pachysandra (păk'ĭsăn`drə): see boxbox,
common name for the Buxaceae, a family of trees and shrubs with leathery evergreen leaves, native to the tropics and subtropics of the Old World and to Central America.
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Related to pachysandra: Pachysandra terminalisWords related to pachysandranoun any plant of the genus PachysandraRelated Words- genus Pachysandra
- Allegheny mountain spurge
- Allegheny spurge
- Pachysandra procumbens
- Japanese spurge
- Pachysandra terminalis
- subshrub
- suffrutex
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