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Webster 1913 Edition
Halesia
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Ha-le′si-a
(hȧ-lē′zhĭ-ȧ)
, Noun.
[NL.]
(Bot.)
A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called
snowdrop trees
, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels. Definition 2025
Halesia
Halesia
See also: halesia
Translingual
Halesia
Proper noun
Halesia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Styracaceae – silverbells.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Ericales - order; Styracaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Halesia carolina, Halesia diptera, Halesia macgregorii, Halesia tetraptera - species