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mahonia

Noun

ma=ho=ni=a

WORDNET DICTIONARY

mahonia(n = noun.plant) genus mahonia - evergreen shrubs and small trees of North and Central America and Asia; Array

is a kind of magnoliid dicot genus

is a member of barberry family, berberidaceae, family berberidaceae

mahonia, n. [Named after Bernard McMahon.].

The Oregon grape, a species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), often cultivated for its hollylike foliage. [1913 Webster]

mahonia, prop. n.

A genus of evergreen shrubs and small trees of North and Central America and Asia. [WordNet 1.5]

mahonia, n. any evergreen shrub of the genus Mahonia, with yellow bell-shaped or globular flowers.

Etymology

F mahonne, Sp. mahona, It. maona, Turk. mawuna

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