Definition of "mahonia" []

• The Oregon grape. (noun)

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• "The genus name mahonia honors the Philadelphia horticulturist Bernard McMahon, who introduced the plant from materials collected by the Lewis and Clark expedition."
• "Fancy let go of his hand and marched through the mahonia bushes ringing the tree."
• "Fancy let him go, reluctantly, and he peered through the mahonia bushes."