QUEEN'S CRAPE MYRTLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Queen's crape myrtle mean?
• QUEEN'S CRAPE MYRTLE (noun)
The noun QUEEN'S CRAPE MYRTLE has 1 sense:
1. native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers
Familiarity information: QUEEN'S CRAPE MYRTLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• QUEEN'S CRAPE MYRTLE (noun)
Meaning:
Native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Lagerstroemia speciosa; Queen's crape myrtle; pride-of-India
Hypernyms ("Queen's crape myrtle" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
Holonyms ("Queen's crape myrtle" is a member of...):
genus Lagerstroemia; Lagerstroemia (shrubs or small trees of tropical Asia and Africa usually with showy white, pink, or purplish flowers)
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