clethra

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noun

Any of the genus Clethra of flowering shrubs or small trees bearing flowers in clusters.

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Meanings

nounclethra (plural clethras)

plural clethras

  1. Any of the genus Clethra of flowering shrubs or small trees bearing flowers in clusters.

    Be warned that heights are more fixed than widths; clethra spreads slowly but indefinitely unless it is restrained.

    2008 February 21, Leslie Land, “Don’t Bake the Clethra”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. translingualClethra
  2. Englishclethra

Borrowed from translingual Clethra.

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Translations

Arabic لَثَاة, لِثَة
  • لَثَاة (laṯāh)plant of the genus Clethra
  • لِثَة (liṯa)plant of the genus Clethra
Chinese Mandarin 榿葉樹 /桤叶树
  • 榿葉樹 /桤叶树 (qīyèshù)plant of the genus Clethra
Czech jochovec
  • jochovecplant of the genus Clethra
Danish konvalbusk
  • konvalbuskplant of the genus Clethra
Finnish kletra
  • kletraplant of the genus Clethra
French clèthre
  • clèthreplant of the genus Clethra
German Zimterle
  • Zimterleplant of the genus Clethra
Polish orszelina
  • orszelinaplant of the genus Clethra
Russian кле́тра
  • кле́тра (klétra)plant of the genus Clethra

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

clethra. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clethra

MLA

“clethra.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clethra. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clethra,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clethra.

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