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leucothoe

[ loo-koth-oh-ee ]

noun

  1. any of various shrubs of the genus Leucothoe, of the heath family, having clusters of white or pinkish flowers.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of leucothoe1

< New Latin (1834), after Latin Leucothoē a legendary princess turned into a fragrant bush by Apollo
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Example Sentences

What the mountaineers call hemlock is the shrub leucothoe.

Along the water-courses, leucothoe, which similarly turns bronze in autumn, and lasts throughout the winter, is so prolific as to be a nuisance to travelers, being hard to push through.

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