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callicarpas

callicarpas is the plural of callicarpa.

Meaning of callicarpa

Noun

callicarpa (plural callicarpas)

  1. Any member of the species of genus Callicarpa of shrubs and small trees, the beautyberries.
    • There were callicarpas full of pale lavender berries, which would turn purple in the fall; viburnums and shrub dogwoods; and lacy elderberries juxtaposed against dense evergreens or the large, floppy leaves of an oakleaf hydrangea.2007 August 30, Anne Raver, “Vistas and Close-Ups, Staged by a Filmmaker”, in New York Times

Questions about callicarpas

What is callicarpas the plural of?
Callicarpas is the plural of callicarpa.

Words near callicarpas in the dictionary

  1. calliaphone
  2. calliaphones
  3. Callias
  4. callibogus
  5. callicarpa
  6. callicarpas
  7. callicarpenal
  8. callichthyid
  9. callichthyids
  10. Callick
  11. callico

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