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calliandra

calliandra noun: a flowering plant of the genus Calliandra.

Noun

calliandra (uncountable)

  1. A flowering plant of the genus Calliandra.
    • After cutting, calliandra sprouts so readily that it has been called the plant that begs to be cut.1998, Agriculture & Industry Survey, volume 8, page 40
    • I have inter-planted calliandra with potato vines.2017 July, “Letters to the Editor: How to feed a lactating dairy cow and grow canola”, in Daily Nation

Questions about calliandra

What does calliandra mean?
Calliandra means a flowering plant of the genus Calliandra.
What part of speech is calliandra?
Calliandra is a noun.

Words near calliandra in the dictionary

  1. callgraphs
  2. calli
  3. calli-
  4. callianassid
  5. callianassids
  6. calliandra
  7. calliaphone
  8. calliaphones
  9. Callias
  10. callibogus
  11. callicarpa

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