lagerstroemia
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1. shrubs or small trees of tropical Asia and Africa usually with showy white, pink, or purplish flowers (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | plant genus, |
| definition | : | a genus of plants (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | crape myrtle, crepe flower, crepe myrtle, lagerstroemia indica, |
| definition | : | ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | lagerstroemia speciosa, pride-of-india, queen's crape myrtle, |
| definition | : | native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | family lythraceae, loosestrife family, lythraceae, |
| definition | : | herbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowers (noun.plant) |
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