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noun
An ornamental shrub, Daphne mezereum, having purple flowers and bright red fruit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: February daphne, mezereum, spurge olive
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The dried bark of this plant, once used as a vesicant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: February daphne, Daphne mezereum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: daphne
History
From Medieval Latin mezereon, mezereum, from Arabic مَازَرْيُون (māzaryūn).
Across languages
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
