cotoneaster

[ kuh-toh-nee-as-ter, kot-n-ee-ster ]

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noun

any of various shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Cotoneaster, of the rose family, having white or pink flowers and bearing a red or black, berrylike fruit, grown as an ornamental.

cotoneaster

/ kəˌtəʊnɪˈæstə /

any Old World shrub of the rosaceous genus Cotoneaster: cultivated for their small ornamental white or pinkish flowers and red or black berries

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1789; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin cotōne ( a ) quince + -aster -aster ²

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C18: from New Latin, from Latin cotōneum quince

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It is a neat little bog plant, resembling Fuchsia procumbens in habit, and with bunches of the brightest Cotoneaster-like fruit.

The leaves of Cotoneaster horizontalis turn from green to rich shades of chocolate or crimson.

Cotoneaster buxifolia or Wheeleri, is a fine strong-growing evergreen for almost any soil.

"I doubt if anything but this confounded cotoneaster would do well against this wall," replied the Rector.

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