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leucothoe

leucothoe noun: any of the genus Leucothoe of flowering plants.

Noun

leucothoe (plural leucothoes)

  1. Any of the genus Leucothoe of flowering plants.
    • For those customers she recommends shrubs, especially broad-leaved evergreens like skimmia, aucuba, and variegated leucothoe.2008 April 4, Stephen Orr, “When a Garden Is a Weekend Affair”, in New York Times

Forms of leucothoe

pluralleucothoes

Origin of leucothoe

From the genus name.

Questions about leucothoe

What does leucothoe mean?
Leucothoe means any of the genus Leucothoe of flowering plants.
What part of speech is leucothoe?
Leucothoe is a noun.
What is the plural of leucothoe?
The plural of leucothoe is leucothoes.

Words near leucothoe in the dictionary

  1. leucostasis
  2. leucosulfakinin
  3. leucosulfakinins
  4. leucotactic
  5. Leucothea
  6. leucothoe
  7. leucothoes
  8. leucothoid
  9. leucothoids
  10. leucotic
  11. leucotome

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