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Halesia

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Ha`le´si`a    (hå`lē´zhĭ`å)
n.1.(Bot.) A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels.
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Noun1.Halesia - deciduous small trees or shrubs of China and eastern North AmericaHalesia - deciduous small trees or shrubs of China and eastern North America
genus Halesia
dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
family Styracaceae, storax family, Styracaceae, styrax family - a widely distributed family of shrubs and trees of order Ebenales
silver bell - any of various deciduous trees of the genus Halesia having white bell-shaped flowers
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