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pachysandra

pachysandra noun: a genus, Pachysandra, of four or five species of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs, belonging to the boxwood family, Buxaceae, used ornamentally as groundcover.

Noun

pachysandra (plural pachysandras)

  1. A genus, Pachysandra, of four or five species of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs, belonging to the boxwood family, Buxaceae, used ornamentally as groundcover.

Forms of pachysandra

pluralpachysandras

Origin of pachysandra

From the New Latin genus name, equivalent to English pachy-, from Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús) [Term?].

Questions about pachysandra

What does pachysandra mean?
Pachysandra means a genus, Pachysandra, of four or five species of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs, belonging to the boxwood family, Buxaceae, used ornamentally as groundcover.
What part of speech is pachysandra?
Pachysandra is a noun.
What is the plural of pachysandra?
The plural of pachysandra is pachysandras.

Words near pachysandra in the dictionary

  1. pachyrostran
  2. pachyrostrans
  3. pachyrukhine
  4. pachyrukhines
  5. pachys
  6. pachysandra
  7. pachysandras
  8. pachytene
  9. pachytenes
  10. pachytroctid
  11. pachytroctids

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