pachysandra

/ˌpækɪˈsændrə/

Definitions of pachysandra

1. noun

   any plant of the genus Pachysandra; low-growing evergreen herbs or subshrubs having dentate leaves and used as ground cover
   types:

   Allegheny mountain spurge, Allegheny spurge, Pachysandra procumbens

   low semi-evergreen perennial herb having small spikes of white or pinkish flowers; native to southern United States but grown elsewhere

   Japanese spurge, Pachysandra terminalis

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

   type of:

   subshrub, suffrutex

   low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base