cotoneaster
/kuh-toh-nee-as-ter, kot-n-ee-ster/US // kəˌtoʊ niˈæs tər, ˈkɒt nˌi stər //UK // (kəˌtəʊnɪˈæstə) //
栒子树,栒子属,栒子属植物
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any of various shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Cotoneaster, of the rose family, having white or pink flowers and bearing a red or black, berrylike fruit, grown as an ornamental.
Examples
It is a neat little bog plant, resembling Fuchsia procumbens in habit, and with bunches of the brightest Cotoneaster-like fruit.
The leaves of Cotoneaster horizontalis turn from green to rich shades of chocolate or crimson.
Cotoneaster buxifolia or Wheeleri, is a fine strong-growing evergreen for almost any soil.
"I doubt if anything but this confounded cotoneaster would do well against this wall," replied the Rector.
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