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Answer for the clue "Evergreen shrubs and small trees of North and Central America and Asia ", 7 letters:
mahonia

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of the genus (taxlink Mahonia genus noshow=1) of evergreen shrubs.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
mahonia \ma*ho"ni*a\, n. [Named after Bernard McMahon.] (Bot.) The Oregon grape, a species of barberry ( Berberis Aquifolium ), often cultivated for its hollylike foliage.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Mahonia is a genus of about 70 species of evergreen shrubs in the family Berberidaceae , native to eastern Asia , the Himalaya , North America and Central America . They are closely related to the genus Berberis . Botanists disagree on the acceptability ...

Usage examples of mahonia.

A flower of a Mahonia was cemented to a stick, and the stamens exhibited no signs of circumnutation under the microscope, yet when they were lightly touched they suddenly moved towards the pistil.