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n. - Any shrub of a particular genus : erect or creeping shrubs having richly colored autumn foliage and many small white to pinkish flowers followed by tiny red or black fruits.

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  • They can climb and they fiercely defend their territories (under our cotoneaster!), which extend from 200 to more than 1,000 sq metres.
  • The waxwings' rather unusual speciality is supermarket car parks because of the owners' tendency to plant cotoneaster, pyracantha or non-native rowans that are heavy...
  • The typical shrub story in the juniper steppe forests of this area may include pistachio (Pistacia atlantica), cotoneaster (cotoneaster racemiflora), Crataegus...
  • A good long stretch of wall covered with a selection of the best green-leaved kind is always interesting, and never more so than during the winter months, especially if at...
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