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GENUS DAPHNE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Daphne mean? 

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

1. usually evergreen Eurasian shrubsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS DAPHNE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Usually evergreen Eurasian shrubs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Daphne" 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 Daphne"):

daphne (any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers)

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

daphne family; family Thymelaeaceae; Thymelaeaceae (family of trees and shrubs and herbs having tough bark that are found especially in Australia and tropical Africa)


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