English noun: fothergilla | |||
1. | fothergilla (plant) any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains | ||
Synonyms | witch alder | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bush, shrub | ||
Member meronym | Fothergilla, genus Fothergilla | ||
2. | Fothergilla (plant) small genus of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United States | ||
Synonyms | genus Fothergilla | ||
Broader (hypernym) | plant genus | ||
Member holonym | fothergilla, witch alder | ||
Member meronym | family Hamamelidaceae, Hamamelidaceae, witch-hazel family | ||