noun
shrubs or small trees of tropical Asia and Africa usually with showy white, pink, or purplish flowers
• Syn: ↑Lagerstroemia
• Hypernyms: ↑plant genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lythraceae, ↑family Lythraceae, ↑loosestrife family
• Member Meronyms:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.