CHIONANTHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chionanthus mean? 

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

1. deciduous trees or shrubs: fringe tree

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHIONANTHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous trees or shrubs: fringe tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chionanthus; genus Chionanthus

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Chionanthus"):

fringe tree (any of various small decorative flowering trees or shrubs of the genus Chionanthus)

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

family Oleaceae; Oleaceae; olive family (trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac)