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escallonia
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
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