evergreen plants

  • 81pachysandra — n. any of various evergreen plants having toothed leaves and little white flowers (often used as ground cover) …

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  • 82pachysandras — n. any of various evergreen plants having toothed leaves and little white flowers (often used as ground cover) …

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  • 83club moss — club′ moss n. 1) pln any of various low, seedless, evergreen plants of the phylum Lycophyta, having a single vascular strand 2) pln Also called lycopod any club moss of the genus Lycopodium , bearing cones at the tips of erect branches, as the… …

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  • 84pipsissewa — pip•sis•se•wa [[t]pɪpˈsɪs ə wə, ˌwɔ[/t]] n. pl. was pln any of several evergreen plants of the genus Chimaphila, esp. C. umbellata, the leaves of which are used medicinally for their tonic, diuretic, and astringent properties • Etymology: 1780–90 …

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  • 85pyxie — pyx•ie [[t]ˈpɪk si[/t]] n. pln either of two trailing, shrubby, evergreen plants, Pyxidanthera barbulata or P. brevifolia, of the family Diapensiaceae, of E North America, having numerous small, starlike blossoms • Etymology: 1880–85; short for… …

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  • 86wintergarden — /ˈwɪntəgadn/ (say wintuhgahdn) noun 1. an ornamental garden of evergreen plants, etc. 2. a conservatory in which flowers are cultivated to bloom in the winter …

  • 87clivia — [klī′vē ə, kliv′ē ə] n. any of a genus (Clivia) of South African evergreen plants of the lily family, having orange to scarlet, lilylike flowers that bloom in early spring …

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  • 88ixora — [iks′ə rə] n. [ModL, after Iśvara, Hindu deity] any of a genus (Ixora) of tropical evergreen plants of the madder family, with showy flowers, often grown in greenhouses …

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  • 89pachysandra — ☆ pachysandra [pak΄ə san′drə ] n. [ModL < Gr pachys (see PACHYDERM) + ModL andrus, ANDROUS] any of a genus (Pachysandra) of low, dense growing, hardy evergreen plants of the box family, often used for a ground cover in the shade …

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  • 90periwinkle — periwinkle1 [per′ə wiŋ΄kəl] n. [ME pervinke < OE peruince < L pervinca, periwinkle < pervincire, to entwine, bind < per (see PER1) + vincire, to bind, fetter < IE base * weig : see WEAK] any of a genus (Vinca) of trailing or erect …

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