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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of the various honeysuckles of the genus Abelia.
2. 2
   any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers; Asia and Mexico wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

abelia genusflowering shrubornamental shrubshrub genus

Etymology

From the genus name Abelia.