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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains;
[syn: fothergilla, witch alder]

2. small genus of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United States;
[syn: genus Fothergilla, Fothergilla]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fothergilla n 1: any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains [syn: fothergilla, witch alder] 2: small genus of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United States [syn: genus Fothergilla, Fothergilla]