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pernettya (iou)



pernettya noun. M19.
[mod. Latin (see below), from A. J. Pernetty (1716-1801), French explorer.]
Any of several small evergreen shrubs of the genus Pernettya (now often included in the genus Gaultheria), of the heath family, of southern temperate regions; esp. P. mucronata, grown for its coloured berries and sometimes planted as cover for game.