Pachysandra Definition

păkĭ-săndrə
noun
Any of a genus (Pachysandra) of low, dense-growing, hardy evergreen plants of the box family, often used for a ground cover in the shade.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Buxaceae "” four or five species of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs, related to the boxwoods used ornamentally as groundcover.

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Other Word Forms of Pachysandra

Noun

Singular:
pachysandra
Plural:
pachysandras

Origin of Pachysandra

  • New Latin Pachysandra genus name Greek pakhus thick New Latin -andrus -androus (after its thick stamens)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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Words Starting With

PPAPAC

Words Ending With

ARADRA

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