daphne mezereum

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   small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs

   SynonymsmezereonFebruary daphne

   Broaderdaphne

   Partsmezereum

Questions about daphne mezereum

What does daphne mezereum mean?

daphne mezereum means "small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs".

What is another word for daphne mezereum?

Close synonyms include mezereon, February daphne. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is daphne mezereum a common word?

daphne mezereum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.