PACHYSANDRA

Meaning of PACHYSANDRA in English

[ ˌpakɪ'sandrə ]

■ noun an evergreen creeping shrubby plant of the box family. [Genus Pachysandra .]

Origin

formed irregularly from Gk pakhus 'thick' + anēr , andr- 'male' (with ref. to the thick stamens).

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PACHYSANDRA — noun Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek pachys + New Latin -andrus -androus Date: 1813 any of a genus ( …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PACHYSANDRA — ˌpakə̇ˈsandrə noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek pachys thick + New Latin -andra — more at pachy- 1. capitalized : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PACHYSANDRA — /pak'euh san"dreuh/ , n. any plant of the genus Pachysandra, as the Allegheny spurge or Japanese spurge, the leaves of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PACHYSANDRA — n. any of various evergreen plants having toothed leaves and little white flowers (often used as ground cover)
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PACHYSANDRA — noun Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek pachys + New Latin -andrus -androus Date: 1813 : any of a genus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PACHYSANDRA — [pach.y.san.dra] n [NL, irreg. fr. Gk pachys + NL -andrus -androus] (1813): any of a genus (Pachysandra) of shrubby evergreen …
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PACHYSANDRA — n. Pronunciation: ˌ pa-ki- ' san-dr ə Function: noun Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek pachys + New Latin -andrus …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
JAPANESE SPURGE — noun Date: 1924 a low Japanese pachysandra ( Pachysandra terminalis ) often used as a ground cover
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ALLEGHENY SPURGE — noun Etymology: Allegheny Mountains, U.S.A. Date: circa 1936 a low herb or subshrub ( Pachysandra procumbens ) of the box …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
JAPANESE SPURGE — noun Usage: usually capitalized J : a low Japanese herb or subshrub ( Pachysandra terminalis ) that has white flowers …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GROUND COVER — noun 1. : all small plants (as mosses, ferns, grasses and other herbaceous plants and shrubs) in a forest except …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALLEGHENY SPURGE — noun or allegheny mountain spurge Usage: usually capitalized A : a low herb or subshrub ( Pachysandra procumbens ) with …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JAPANESE SPURGE — a low Japanese plant, Pachysandra terminalis, having evergreen leaves and spikes of white flowers, grown as a ground cover. [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALLEGHENY SPURGE — a low, shrubby evergreen plant, Pachysandra procumbens, having spikes of white or purplish flowers, native to the southeastern U.S. and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
-A — -a 1 a plural ending of nouns borrowed from Greek and Latin: phenomena; criteria; data; errata; genera. -a 2 a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
JAPANESE SPURGE — Date: 1924 : a low Japanese pachysandra ( Pachysandra terminalis ) often used as a ground cover
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ALLEGHENY SPURGE — -ˌge-nē- noun Etymology: Allegheny Mountains, U.S.A. Date: circa 1936 : a low herb or subshrub ( Pachysandra procumbens ) of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
JAPANESE SPURGE — [Japanese spurge] n (1924): a low Japanese herb or subshrub (Pachysandra terminalis) of the box family often used as a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ALLEGHENY SPURGE — [Al.le.ghe.ny spurge] n [Allegheny Mountains, U.S.A.] (ca. 1936): a low herb or subshrub (Pachysandra procumbens) of the box family widely …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EVERGREEN — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN shrub ▪ These evergreen shrubs may be trained as hedges or wall shrubs. …
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