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styrax

DEFINITIONS OF: styrax

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n any shrub or small tree of the genus Styrax having fragrant bell-shaped flowers that hang below the dark green foliage

Types:
Styrax obassia, snowbell
small tree native to Japan
Japanese snowbell, Styrax japonicum
shrubby tree of China and Japan
Styrax texana, Texas snowbell, Texas snowbells
styrax of southwestern United States; a threatened species
Type of:
bush, shrub
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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