GENUS COTONEASTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cotoneaster mean? 

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

1. genus of deciduous or evergreen Old World shrubs widely cultivated

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS COTONEASTER (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of deciduous or evergreen Old World shrubs widely cultivated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Cotoneaster"):

cotoneaster (any shrub of the genus Cotoneaster: erect or creeping shrubs having richly colored autumn foliage and many small white to pinkish flowers followed by tiny red or black fruits)

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

family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)