blolly

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blolly - evergreen climbing shrub of southern Florida and West Indies grown for its racemes of fragrant white to creamy flowers followed by globose white succulent berries

Chiococca alba, West Indian snowberry

Chiococca, genus Chiococca - shrubs of tropical and subtropical New World

bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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53 flexicaule, 1995 Guadeloupe, Pithecellobium 11 16 guadalupense, 1992 (*) Guadeloupe, Pithecellobium 9 19 guadalupense, 1995 (*) BLACKHAW Viburnum prunifolium, 64 24 1986 (*) Viburnum prunifolium, 64 24 1991 (*) Rusty, Viburnum rufidulum, 47 30 1997 BLADDERNUT American, Staphylea 19 36 trifolia, 1966 Sierra, Staphylea balanderi, 14 28 1986 BLOLLY Longleaf, Guapira discolor, 64 34 1993 BLUEBLOSSOM Blue-myrtle, Ceanothus 32 41 thyrsiflorus, 1976 BLUEWOOD Condalia hookeri, 1989 77 30 BOXELDER Acer negundo, 1993 214 110 BUCCANEER - PALM Pseudophoenix sargentii, 1997 26 25 BUCIDA Bucida buceros, 1997 ([DELTA]) 139 50 BUCKEYE Bottlebrush, Aesculus 34 14 parviflora, 1993 California, Aesculus 166 47 californica, 2001 Ohio (typ.), Aesculus 151 148 glabra var.

The national register of Big Trees: 2002-2003 (A-Y)

Unfortunately, I didn't know a stopper from a strongback, much less a wild-dilly, myrtle-of-the-river, gumbo-limbo, blolly, or any of a host of equally strangely named trees.

Land of the little giants: Wild-dillys. Blollys. And champion trees you can wrap your hand around. Welcome to Key Largo, where less is more

53 60 241 Guadeloupe, Pithecellobium guadalupense, 1992 11 16 16 31 BLACKHAW Viburnum prunifolium, 1986 [*] 64 24 33 96 Viburnum prunifolium, 1991 [*] 64 24 28 95 Rusty, Viburnum rufidulum, 1961 [*] 47 25 30 80 Rusty, Viburnum rufidulum, 1997 [*] 47 30 28 84 BLADDERNUT American, Staphylea trifolia, 1966 19 36 37 64 Sierra, Staphylea bolanderi, 1986 14 28 12 45 BLOLLY Longleaf, Guapira discolor, 1994 55 21 10 79 BLUEBLOSSOM Blue-myrtle, Ceanothus thyrsiflorus, 1976 32 41 20 78 BLUEWOOD Condalia hookeri, 1989 77 30 26 114 BOXELDER Acer negundo, 1993 214 110 127 356 White, Tilia heterophyllo, 1997 Pisgah NF, N.C.