noun
native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers
• Syn: ↑pride-of-India, ↑Lagerstroemia speciosa
• Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lagerstroemia, ↑genus Lagerstroemia
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noun : a tree (Lagerstroemia speciosa) that is native to Asia, Australia, and the East Indies where it provides timber and that is used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy mauve to pink or purple flowers in large terminal clusters — see pyinma
Useful english dictionary. 2012.