pachysandra

[ pak-uh-san-druh ]

/ ˌpæk əˈsæn drə /

noun

any plant of the genus Pachysandra, as the Allegheny spurge or Japanese spurge, the leaves of which grow in a rounded clump, widely used as a ground cover in the U.S.

Nearby words

pachyperiostitis, pachyperitonitis, pachypleuritis, pachysalpingitis, pachysalpingo-ovaritis, pachysandra, pachysomia, pachytene, pachyvaginalitis, pachyvaginitis, pacif.

Origin of pachysandra

1805–15; < New Latin: the genus name, irregular from Greek pachýs thick + Greek andr- (stem of anḗr man; see andro-) + -a -a²; so called in reference to the thick stamens of the male flowers