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mezereon

/məˈzɪəriən/

mezereon noun: an ornamental shrub, Daphne mezereum, having purple flowers and bright red fruit.

mezereon: an ornamental shrub, Daphne mezereum, having purple flowers and bright red fruit
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Noun

mezereon (countable and uncountable, plural mezereons)

  1. An ornamental shrub, Daphne mezereum, having purple flowers and bright red fruit.
    • We, Greville, are happy in these parks and forests: we were happy in my close winter-walk of box and laurustinus and mezereon. In our earlier days did we not emboss our bosoms with the crocusses, and shake them almost unto shedding with our transports!1824, Walter Savage Landor, “Conversation II. Lord Brooke and Sir Philip Sidney.”, in Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume I, London: […] Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, pages...
  2. The dried bark of this plant, once used as a vesicant.

mezereon meaning in Arabic and Persian

mezereon in Arabic

shrub
مَازَرْيُون māzaryūn

mezereon in Persian

shrub
مازریون mâzaryun, هفت برگ

Synonyms of mezereon

Forms of mezereon

pluralmezereons
alternative formmezerion

Origin of mezereon

From Medieval Latin mezereon, mezereum, from Arabic مَازَرْيُون (māzaryūn).

Questions about mezereon

What does mezereon mean?
Mezereon means an ornamental shrub, Daphne mezereum, having purple flowers and bright red fruit.
What is mezereon in Arabic?
Mezereon in Arabic is مَازَرْيُون (māzaryūn). See Mezereon meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is mezereon?
Mezereon is a noun.
How do you pronounce mezereon?
Mezereon is pronounced /məˈzɪəriən/.
What is the plural of mezereon?
The plural of mezereon is mezereons.

Words near mezereon in the dictionary

  1. Mezentius
  2. mezepine
  3. Mezera
  4. Mezeras
  5. mezerein
  6. mezereon
  7. mezereons
  8. mezereum
  9. mezereums
  10. mezerion
  11. mezes

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