Etymology

pachysandra

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Today it means: A genus, Pachysandra, of four or five species of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs, belonging to the boxwood family, Buxaceae, used ornamentally as groundcover. Full definition →

Ancient Greek παχύς
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαχύς
  2. English todaypachysandra

From the New Latin genus name, equivalent to English pachy-, from Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús) [Term?].

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπαχύς all →

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