pachysandra

Meaning

Noun

  • A genus, Pachysandra, of four or five species of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs, belonging to the boxwood family, Buxaceae, used ornamentally as groundcover.

Origin

  • From the New Latin genus name, equivalent to pachy- .

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