/foh tin"ee euh/ , n.
any of various trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Photinia, of the rose family, having clusters of small white flowers and red, berrylike fruit.
[ photein ( ós ) shining, bright, (deriv. of phós, s. phot- light) + NL -ia -IA; so named in reference to the glossy evergreen leaves and white flowers ]