ASPALATHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aspalathus mean? 

• ASPALATHUS (noun)
  The noun ASPALATHUS has 1 sense:

1. genus of South African heathlike shrubs

  Familiarity information: ASPALATHUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASPALATHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of South African heathlike shrubs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aspalathus; genus Aspalathus

Hypernyms ("Aspalathus" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Aspalathus"):

Aspalathus cedcarbergensis; Aspalathus linearis; rooibos (South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers; leaves are aromatic when dried and used to make an herbal tea)

Holonyms ("Aspalathus" is a member of...):

Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)