pachysandra

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Etymology

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From the New Latin genus name, equivalent to English pachy-, from Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús) [Term?]. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

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pachysandra (plural pachysandras)

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

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