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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