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escallonia definition

es·cal·lo·nia (es′kə lō′nē ə)

noun

any of a genus (Escallonia) of shrubs of the saxifrage family, with white, pink, or red flowers

Etymology: ModL, after Escallón, name of a Sp traveler who discovered the shrub in Colombia

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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