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GENUS ACER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Acer mean? 

GENUS ACER (noun)
  The noun GENUS ACER has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruitplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS ACER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS ACER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acer; genus Acer

Hypernyms ("genus Acer" 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 "genus Acer"):

maple (any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone)

Holonyms ("genus Acer" is a member of...):

Aceraceae; family Aceraceae; maple family (a family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples)


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