What is "leucothoe"

n. Any of the genus (taxlink Leucothoe genus) of flowering plants.

n. any plant of the genus Leucothoe; grown for their beautiful white flowers; glossy foliage contains a poisonous substance similar to that found in genus Kalmia

Leucothoé is a 1756 dramatic poem by the Irish playwright Isaac Bickerstaff. It was Bickerstaff's first published work. The plot was based on the story of the Greek Goddess Leucothea.

Leucothoé was originally intended to be a pastoral opera but Bickerstaff was unable to secure a composer to set it to music. In May 1756 it was published by Robert Dodsley at the price of 1 shilling and sixpence.

In a contemporary review in the Monthly Review, critic Ralph Griffiths generally praised the work, although he criticised the tragic ending, as "the laws of the Opera require a happy ending". While well received by the limited critics who reviewed it, the work was largely ignored both by critics and the public. This failure led Bickerstaff to rejoin the military, although he went on to have a string of successes between 1760 and 1772 often in collaboration with the composer Thomas Arne.

Leucothoe is a genus of about 50 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, native to Asia, the Americas and Madagascar.

They are shrubs growing to 1-3 m tall, either deciduous or evergreen depending on species. The leaves are alternate, oblong-lanceolate, 2-15 cm long. The flowers are produced in racemes 3-15 cm long, each flower bell-shaped, 4-20 mm long, white or occasionally pink.

• Leucothoe axillaris (Coastal Doghobble; southeastern United States)
• Leucothoe davisiae (black laurel; Sierra Nevada, northern California & Oregon)
• Leucothoe fontanesiana (Highland Doghobble or Drooping Leucothoe; southeastern United States)
• Leucothoe grayana ( Japan)
• Leucothoe griffithiana (eastern Himalaya, southwest China)
• Leucothoe keiskei (Japan)
• Leucothoe populifolia (southeastern United States)
• Leucothoe racemosa (Swamp Doghobble or Sweetbells; eastern United States)
• Leucothoe recurva (Redtwig Doghobble; southeastern United States)
• Leucothoe tonkinensis (southern China, northern Vietnam)

Leucothoe is a genus of amphipods in the family Leucothoidae. It contains the following species:

• Leucothoe acanthopus Schellenberg, 1928
• Leucothoe acutilobata Ledoyer, 1978
• Leucothoe adelphe White & Thomas, 2009
• Leucothoe affinis Stimpson, 1856
• Leucothoe alata J. L. Barnard, 1959
• Leucothoe alcyone Imbach, 1967
• Leucothoe angusticoxa (Ledoyer, 1972)
• Leucothoe ashleyae Thomas & Klebba, 2006
• Leucothoe assimilis J. L. Barnard, 1974
• Leucothoe atosi Bellan-Santini, 2007
• Leucothoe ayrtonia Bellan-Santini, 1997
• Leucothoe barana Thomas & Klebba, 2007
• Leucothoe basilobata Serejo, 1998
• Leucothoe bidens Hirayama, 1985
• Leucothoe boolpooli J. L. Barnard, 1974
• Leucothoe bova White & Thomas, 2009
• Leucothoe brevidigitata Miers, 1884
• Leucothoe brunonis Krapp-Schickel & Menioui, 2005
• Leucothoe campi Mateus & Mateus, 1986
• Leucothoe cheiriserra Serejo, 1998
• Leucothoe commensalis Haswell, 1879
• Leucothoe crassimana Kossmann, 1880
• Leucothoe crenatipalma Ledoyer, 1972
• Leucothoe ctenochasma Moore, 1987
• Leucothoe ctenochir K. H. Barnard, 1925
• Leucothoe dentata Ledoyer, 1973
• Leucothoe dentitelson (Chevreux, 1925)
• Leucothoe diemenensis Haswell, 1879
• Leucothoe dolichoceras K. H. Barnard, 1916
• Leucothoe eltoni Thomas, 2015
• Leucothoe epideomos White & Thomas, 2009
• Leucothoe eumilli White & Thomas, 2009
• Leucothoe euryonyx (Walker, 1901)
• Leucothoe flammosa Thomas & Klebba, 2007
• Leucothoe furina (Savigny, 1816)
• Leucothoe garifunae Thomas & Klebba, 2007
• Leucothoe gavialis Myers, 1985
• Leucothoe germanalcyone Hirayama, 1992
• Leucothoe goowera J. L. Barnard, 1974
• Leucothoe grandimanus Stimpson, 1853
• Leucothoe hendrickxi Winfield & Alvarez, 2009
• Leucothoe hipposideros White & Thomas, 2009
• Leucothoe hornelli (Walker, 1904)
• Leucothoe hyhelia J. L. Barnard, 1965
• Leucothoe incisa (Robertson, 1892)
• Leucothoe kensleyi Thomas & Klebba, 2005
• Leucothoe laevipalma White & Thomas, 2009
• Leucothoe laticoxa Ledoyer, 1978
• Leucothoe laurensi Thomas & Ortiz, 1995
• Leucothoe leptosa Serejo, 1998
• Leucothoe lihue J. L. Barnard, 1970
• Leucothoe lilljeborgi Boeck, 1861
• Leucothoe madrasana Sivaprakasam, 1969
• Leucothoe makrommatos White & Thomas, 2009
• Leucothoe mateusae (Barnard & Karaman, 1991)
• Leucothoe micronesiae J. L. Barnard, 1965
• Leucothoe minima Schellenberg, 1925
• Leucothoe minuscula Schellenberg, 1938
• Leucothoe nagatai Ishimaru, 1985
• Leucothoe neptunea Moore, 1987
• Leucothoe oboa Karaman, 1971
• Leucothoe occulta Krapp-Schickel, 1975
• Leucothoe odontiskos White & Thomas, 2009
• Leucothoe orkneyi Holman & Watling, 1983
• Leucothoe pachycera Della Valle, 1893
• Leucothoe pacifica Nagata, 1963
• Leucothoe panpulco J. L. Barnard, 1961
• Leucothoe pollex White & Thomas, 2009
• Leucothoe predenticulata Ledoyer, 1978
• Leucothoe procera Bate, 1857
• Leucothoe richiardii Lesson, 1865
• Leucothoe rostrata Chevreux, 1908
• Leucothoe rudicula White & Thomas, 2009
• Leucothoe safiae Lyons & Myers, 1991
• Leucothoe saron Thomas & Klebba, 2007
• Leucothoe serrata White & Thomas, 2009
• Leucothoe serraticarpa Della Valle, 1893
• Leucothoe sparsa White & Thomas, 2009
• Leucothoe spinicarpa (Abildgaard, 1789)
• Leucothoe spinulosa Chevreux, 1919-20
• Leucothoe squalidens Ledoyer, 1984
• Leucothoe stegoceras Walker, 1904
• Leucothoe stylifera Stimpson, 1856
• Leucothoe tarte J. L. Barnard, 1974
• Leucothoe thula White & Thomas, 2009
• Leucothoe tolkieni G. Vinogradov, 1990
• Leucothoe trailli Thomson, 1882
• Leucothoe tridens Stebbing, 1888
• Leucothoe ubouhu Thomas & Klebba, 2007
• Leucothoe undulata White & Thomas, 2009
• Leucothoe urospinosa Serejo, 1998
• Leucothoe uschakovi Gurjanova, 1951
• Leucothoe venetiarum Giordani-Soika, 1950
• Leucothoe wuriti Thomas & Klebba, 2007