genus Lyonia
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| Noun | 1. |  genus Lyonia - evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of United States to Antilles and eastern Asia to the Himalayadilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs Lyonia mariana, stagger bush, staggerbush - deciduous shrub of coastal plain of the eastern United States having nodding pinkish-white flowers; poisonous to stock he-huckleberry, Lyonia ligustrina, male berry, maleberry, privet andromeda - deciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers fetter bush, Lyonia lucida, shiny lyonia, fetterbush - showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbel |