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nandina

nandina noun: heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo, an ornamental plant of species Nandina domestica, sole member of genus Nandina (in family Berberidaceae), native to east Asia from the Himalayas to Japan.

nandina: heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo, an ornamental plant of species Nandina domestica, sole member of...
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Noun

nandina (plural nandinas)

  1. Heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo, an ornamental plant of species Nandina domestica, sole member of genus Nandina (in family Berberidaceae), native to east Asia from the Himalayas to Japan.

Forms of nandina

pluralnandinas

Origin of nandina

A Latinised version of the Japanese name for the plant, 南天 (ナンテン, nanten), first used by Carl Peter Thunberg.

Words that rhyme with nandina

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Questions about nandina

What does nandina mean?
Nandina means heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo, an ornamental plant of species Nandina domestica, sole member of genus Nandina (in family Berberidaceae), native to east Asia from the Himalayas to Japan.
What part of speech is nandina?
Nandina is a noun.
What is the plural of nandina?
The plural of nandina is nandinas.

Words near nandina in the dictionary

  1. Nandhana
  2. Nandi
  3. nandid
  4. nandids
  5. nandigerine
  6. nandina
  7. Nandinagari
  8. nandinas
  9. nandine
  10. nandines
  11. Nandini

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