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ma·ho·ni·a

(mə-hō′nē-ə)

Any of various shrubs classified either in the genus Mahonia or the genus Berberis, such as the Oregon grape.

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

mahonia

(məˈhəʊnɪə)

(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

[C19: New Latin, named after Bernard McMahon (died 1816), American botanist]

ma•ho•ni•a

(məˈhoʊ ni ə)

n., pl. -ni•as.

any of various evergreen shrubs belonging to the genus Mahonia, of the barberry family, including the Oregon grape.

[< New Latin (1818), after Bernard McMahon (c1775–1816), U.S. botanist, born in Ireland; see -ia]

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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

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