- semievergreen
- semi·evergreen
English syllables. 2014.
semievergreen
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semievergreen — adjective Date: 1900 1. having functional and persistent foliage during part of the winter or dry season 2. tending to be evergreen in a mild climate but deciduous in a rigorous climate … New Collegiate Dictionary
semievergreen — /sem ee ev euhr green , sem uy /, adj. Bot. retaining green, unwithered leaves for part of the winter or through comparatively mild winters. [1900 05; SEMI + EVERGREEN] * * * … Universalium
semievergreen — | ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ at semi + adjective : half evergreen … Useful english dictionary
firethorn — noun Date: circa 1900 pyracantha; especially a European semievergreen shrub (P. coccinea) with orange red berries … New Collegiate Dictionary
jasmine — also jessamine noun Etymology: Middle French jasmin, from Arabic yāsamīn, from Persian Date: 1562 1. a. any of numerous often climbing shrubs (genus Jasminum) of the olive family that usually have extremely fragrant flowers; especially a tall… … New Collegiate Dictionary
privet — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1542 a Eurasian deciduous shrub (Ligustrum vulgare) of the olive family with semievergreen leaves and small white flowers that is widely used for hedges; broadly any of various shrubs of the same genus … New Collegiate Dictionary
pyracantha — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek pyrakantha, a tree, from pyr + akantha thorn Date: 1669 any of a small genus (Pyracantha) of ornamental Eurasian thorny evergreen or semievergreen shrubs of the rose family with alternate leaves, corymbs of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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Lamiales — ▪ plant order Introduction mint order of flowering plants, including 23 families and more than 23,000 species. The main families in the order are Lamiaceae, Verbenaceae, Plantaginaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Orobanachaceae, Acanthaceae,… … Universalium
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