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Definition of Leycesteria
1. Noun. Small species of shrubs of western Himalayas to China.
Exact synonyms: Genus Leycesteria
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Caprifoliaceae, Family Caprifoliaceae, Honeysuckle Family
Member holonyms: Himalaya Honeysuckle, Leycesteria Formosa
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Caprifoliaceae, Family Caprifoliaceae, Honeysuckle Family
Member holonyms: Himalaya Honeysuckle, Leycesteria Formosa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leycesteria
Literary usage of Leycesteria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"... the various species of woodbine and honeysuckle (Lonicera) ; and the beautiful
leycesteria, (leycesteria formosa,) much admired for the deep- green hue ..."
2. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson, F. L. S., William F L S Robinson (1900)
"After flowering, it shrivels up and becomes a withered twisted mass, like so many
bits of string. Oregon, Utah, and Rocky Mountains. leycesteria ..."
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