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  • noun Plural form of cotoneaster.

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Examples

  • Juniperus indica occurs above 4,000 m, where conditions are drier, along with dwarf rhododendrons and cotoneasters, shrubby cinquefoil Potentilla fruticosa var. rigida, willow Salix sikkimensis and Cassiope fastigiata.

    Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal 2008

  • Oh, and to buy plants, because the guy who's clearing out the horribleness of my backgarden, brambles and rubbish and all, has dug out the borders as well, so it'll be cotoneasters and vincas and ground cover of various sorts!

    Ahhh, Friday! land_girl 2004

  • _Cleyera Japonica; _ cotoneasters and pyracantha; eleagnus of the types grown under glass in the North; gardenias; euonymus (A); hollies (A); anise-tree, _Illicium anisatum; _ cherry laurels, _Prunus_ or

    Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) 1906

  • They are particularly attracted to lilacs, cherry trees, spirea, cotoneasters, horse chestnuts, raspberry bushes, and Russian olive trees.

    Gazette.com : 2009

  • The fact that John Parr and George Ellison lie facing one other, overlooked by pine trees and surrounded by rose bushes and cotoneasters, is a poignant and macabre accident of fate.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2008

  • The fact that John Parr and George Ellison lie facing one other, overlooked by pine trees and surrounded by rose bushes and cotoneasters, is a poignant and macabre accident of fate.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2008

  • The fact that John Parr and George Ellison lie facing one other, overlooked by pine trees and surrounded by rose bushes and cotoneasters, is a poignant and macabre accident of fate.

    Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed 2008

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