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Definition of Photinia
1. Noun. Genus of deciduous and evergreen east Asian trees and shrubs widely cultivated as ornamentals for their white flowers and red fruits; in some classifications includes genus Heteromeles.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Rosaceae, Rosaceae, Rose Family
Definition of Photinia
1. Noun. Any member of the genus ''Photinia'' of small trees and large shrubs in the ''Rosaceae'' family. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Photinia
1. a type of shrub [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Photinia
Literary usage of Photinia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"KEY TO THE SPECIES OF photinia * Leaves deciduous ; flowers in corymbs 1^—3 inches
... SMOOTH photinia — photinia glabra. A. Shrub or small tree to 20 feet ..."
2. Gartenflora: Monatsschrift Fur Deutsche und Schweizerische Garten- und by Eduard Regel (1868)
"... Pelargonium, Periploca graeca, Pharbitis tyrian- thina, Phillyrea, Phlox
ausdauernde Arten, photinia glabra, Plumbago, ..."
3. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"photinia GLABRA, is common in China *D-1 ornamental. It is a noble evergreen, »lach
m the winter becomes covered with bunches of reil berries. ..."
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