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photinia
[ foh-tin-ee-uh ]
noun
- any of various trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Photinia, of the rose family, having clusters of small white flowers and red, berrylike fruit.
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
According to a study in Maryland of the 1970 Brood X appearance, delayed branch dieback occurred over the following two years in such trees as black gum, purple-leaf plum, photinia, lilac and dogwood.
We ran into trouble, for instance, with such overplanted trees and shrubs as red-tip photinia, American elms, Bradford pear, English ivy and barberries.
A giant old photinia, remnant of the earlier garden, shades a bench where Catherine sits to enjoy the view of the front garden after walking the dogs.
Later at work he had to remove a red tip photinia from someone’s yard, and its root was enormous.
While apple trees and photinia bushes have enjoyed the prolonged chill, humans have been chafing for several weeks now.
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