leucothoe

[loo-koth-oh-ee]

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noun

any of various shrubs of the genus Leucothoe, of the heath family, having clusters of white or pinkish flowers.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of leucothoe¹

< New Latin (1834), after Latin ��ܳ��ǳٳ��ŧ a legendary princess turned into a fragrant bush by Apollo

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�� the mountaineers call hemlock is the shrub leucothoe.

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Along the water-courses, leucothoe, which similarly turns bronze in autumn, and lasts throughout the winter, is so prolific as to be a nuisance to travelers, being hard to push through.

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Leucothea leucotome

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