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Any of several South American flowering plants of the genus Escallonia.
Behind them, again, was the grey-green garden, and among the pear-shaped leaves of the escallonia fishing-boats seemed caught and suspended.
Use escallonia when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Escallonia means Any of several South American flowering plants of the genus Escallonia.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Behind them, again, was the grey-green garden, and among the pear-shaped leaves of the escallonia fishing-boats seemed caught and suspended.
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