pachysandra

pach·y·san·dra

 (păk′ĭ-săn′drə)

n.

Any of several evergreen creeping plants of the genus Pachysandra of East Asia and the southeast United States, especially Japanese spurge, often planted as a ground cover.

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[New Latin Pachysandra, genus name : Greek pakhus, thick + New Latin -andrus, -androus (after its thick stamens).]

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pachysandra

(ˌpækɪˈsændrə)

n

(Botany) botany an evergreen shrub

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pach•y•san•dra

(ˌpæk əˈsæn drə)

n., pl. -dras.

any of several low-growing plants of the genus Pachysandra, of the box family, widely grown as a ground cover.

[1805–15; < New Latin, irreg. < Greek pachýs thick + andr- (s. of anḗr man; see andro-) + New Latin -a -a²; so called from the thick stamens of the male flowers]

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Noun

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pachysandra - any plant of the genus Pachysandra; low-growing evergreen herbs or subshrubs having dentate leaves and used as ground cover genus Pachysandra - evergreen perennial procumbent subshrubs or herbs Allegheny mountain spurge, Allegheny spurge, Pachysandra procumbens - low semi-evergreen perennial herb having small spikes of white or pinkish flowers; native to southern United States but grown elsewhere Japanese spurge, Pachysandra terminalis - slow-growing Japanese evergreen subshrub having terminal spikes of white flowers; grown as a ground cover subshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base

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