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Japanese spurge

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A fast-spreading evergreen groundcover, of species Pachysandra terminalis, native to China, Japan, widely introduced and naturalized elsewhere, especially in the northeastern US.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

slow-growing Japanese evergreen subshrub having terminal spikes of white flowers; grown as a ground cover

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: Pachysandra terminalis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pachysandra

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