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pachysandra

[ pak-uh-san-druh ]

noun

  1. any plant of the genus Pachysandra, as the Allegheny spurge or Japanese spurge, the leaves of which grow in a rounded clump, widely used as a ground cover in the U.S.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pachysandra1

1805–15; < New Latin: the genus name, irregular from Greek pachýs thick + Greek andr- (stem of anḗr man; andro- ) + -a -a 2; so called in reference to the thick stamens of the male flowers

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