"clethra" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: clethras [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Clethra. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|mul|Clethra}} translingual Clethra Head templates: {{en-noun}} clethra (plural clethras)
  1. Any of the genus Clethra of flowering shrubs or small trees bearing flowers in clusters. Translations (plant of the genus Clethra): لَثَاة (laṯāh) [feminine] (Arabic), لِثَة (liṯa) [feminine] (Arabic), 榿葉樹 /桤叶树 (qīyèshù) (Chinese Mandarin), jochovec [masculine] (Czech), konvalbusk [common-gender] (Danish), kletra (Finnish), clèthre [masculine] (French), Zimterle [feminine] (German), orszelina [feminine] (Polish), кле́тра (klétra) [feminine] (Russian), kletra [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kletra [feminine] (Upper Sorbian)

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