GENUS CALLUNA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Calluna mean? 

• GENUS CALLUNA (noun)
  The noun GENUS CALLUNA has 1 sense:

1. one species

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CALLUNA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One species

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Calluna; genus Calluna

Hypernyms ("genus Calluna" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Calluna"):

broom; Calluna vulgaris; heather; ling; Scots heather (common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere)

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

Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)