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calluna

(kəˈluːnə)

(Plants) a low-growing evergreen Eurasian ericaceous shrub, Calluna vulgaris

[c19: from New Latin, from Greek kallunein to make beautiful, from kallos beauty]

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Calluna - one species

genus Calluna

dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs

Ericaceae, family Ericaceae, heath family - heathers

Calluna vulgaris, heather, Scots heather, ling, broom - common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere

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