Halesia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Halesia \Ha*le"si*a\ (h[.a]*l[=e]"zh[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL.] (Bot.)
     A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called
     {snowdrop trees}, or silver-bell trees. They have showy,
     white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Halesia
       n : deciduous small trees or shrubs of China and eastern North
           America [syn: {genus Halesia}]