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stewartia

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stew·ar·tia  (st-ärsh, -sh-, -t-, sty-)
n.
Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs of the genus Stewartia, native to eastern North America and tropical eastern Asia, having fragrant showy white flowers and smooth brown bark that peels into thin flakes.
[New Latin Stewartia, genus name, after John Stuart, Third Earl of Bute (1713-1792), British politician.]
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