Japanese spurge

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A pachysandra (Pachysandra terminalis) native to Japan, having leathery toothed leaves and small white flowers and widely cultivated as a groundcover.

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• noun slow-growing Japanese evergreen subshrub having terminal spikes of white flowers; grown as a ground cover