Associations to the word «Pachysandra»

Wiktionary

PACHYSANDRA, noun. (botany) A genus, Pachysandra, of four or five species of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs, belonging to the boxwood family, Buxaceae, used ornamentally as groundcover.
PACHYSANDRA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Buxaceae   — four or five species of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs, related to the boxwoods used ornamentally as groundcover.

Dictionary definition

PACHYSANDRA, noun. Any plant of the genus Pachysandra; low-growing evergreen herbs or subshrubs having dentate leaves and used as ground cover.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats