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DEUTZIA
deutzia
(noun) any of various shrubs of the genus Deutzia having usually toothed opposite leaves and shredding bark and white or pink flowers in loose terminal clusters
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the genus name, after Johann van der Deutz, 18th-century Dutch patron of botany.
Noun
deutzia (plural deutzias)
Any of a group of cultivated shrubs, of the genus Deutzia, having white or pink flowers
Source: Wiktionary
Deut"zi*a, n. Etym: [NL. Named after Jan Deutz of Holland.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of shrubs with pretty white flowers, much cultivated.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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