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Menziesia

noun

deciduous shrubs of North America and eastern Asia

• Syn: ↑genus Menziesia

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ericaceae, ↑family Ericaceae, ↑heath family

• Member Meronyms: ↑false azalea, ↑fool's huckleberry, ↑Menziesia ferruginea, ↑minniebush, ↑minnie bush, ↑Menziesia pilosa

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\\menˈzēzh(ē)ə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Archibald Menzies died 1842 Scottish botanist + New Latin -ia

: a genus of shrubs (family Ericaceae) of No. America and eastern Asia having small bell-shaped flowers and bluish tinged foliage — see false azalea

Useful english dictionary. 2012.