genus lagerstroemia

1. 1.

   shrubs or small trees of tropical Asia and Africa usually with showy white, pink, or purplish flowers

   SynonymsLagerstroemia

   Broaderplant genus

   Part ofLythraceae

Questions about genus lagerstroemia

What does genus lagerstroemia mean?

genus lagerstroemia means "shrubs or small trees of tropical Asia and Africa usually with showy white, pink, or purplish flowers".

What is another word for genus lagerstroemia?

Close synonyms include Lagerstroemia. 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 genus lagerstroemia a common word?

genus lagerstroemia 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.