crepe flower

Thân thiện

A gardener plants a crepe flower shrub in a sunny garden.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A type of ornamental shrub: "crepe flower" refers to a specific flowering shrub, Lagerstroemia indica, native to eastern India and widely cultivated in warm climates such as the southern United States for its showy, crinkled-petal blossoms.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The garden's centerpiece is a beautiful crepe flower in full bloom.
  • Crepe flowers are popular in Southern landscapes because they are drought-tolerant.

Advanced Usage

• As a common name: The term "crepe flower" is often used interchangeably with "crape myrtle" or "crepe myrtle" in horticultural and casual contexts.
  • Many people mistakenly call the plant a "crepe myrtle," but its botanical name is Lagerstroemia indica.

Variants and Related Words

• Crape myrtle / Crepe myrtle (n): Alternative common names for the same plant ().
• Lagerstroemia indica (n): The formal botanical Latin name for the crepe flower shrub.

Synonyms

• Crape myrtle: The most common synonym in American English.
• Crepe myrtle: A variant spelling of the synonym.

Related Phrases

• Crepe paper flower (n): This is a different, unrelated term referring to artificial flowers made from crinkled paper, not the living shrub. It is listed here to avoid confusion.
  • For the craft project, we made decorations from crepe paper flowers.

Học thuật

Noun

1. ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States

Từ đồng nghĩa

• crape myrtle
• crepe myrtle
• Lagerstroemia indica