BRUCKENTHALIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bruckenthalia mean? 

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

1. a genus containing only one species: spike heath

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRUCKENTHALIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus containing only one species: spike heath

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bruckenthalia; genus Bruckenthalia

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

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Bruckenthalia"):

Bruckenthalia spiculifolia; spike heath (small evergreen mat-forming shrub of southern Europe and Asia Minor having stiff stems and terminal clusters of small bell-shaped flowers)

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

Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)