leucothoe

noun

leu·​coth·​oe

lüˈkäthəˌwē

1

capitalized : a large genus of American and Asiatic shrubs of the family Ericaceae with herbage that contains a poisonous substance similar to that found in shrubs of the genus Kalmia and with flowers in terminal and axillary one-sided racemes

2

plural -s : any plant of the genus Leucothoe

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin Leucothoe, legendary Persian princess supposed to have been changed by Apollo into a sweet-scented shrub

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