mahonia (redirected from mahonias)

ma·ho·ni·a  (m-hn-)

n.

The Oregon grape.

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[New Latin Mahonia, genus name, after Bernard McMahon (c. 1775-1816), Irish-born American botanist.]

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mahonia [məˈhəʊnɪə]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any evergreen berberidaceous shrub of the Asian and American genus Mahonia, esp M. aquifolium: cultivated for their ornamental spiny divided leaves and clusters of small yellow flowers

[New Latin, named after Bernard McMahon (died 1816), American botanist]

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Mahonia - evergreen shrubs and small trees of North and Central America and Asia genus Mahonia magnoliid dicot genus - genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms barberry family, Berberidaceae, family Berberidaceae - shrubs or herbs