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GENUS DEUTZIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Deutzia mean? 

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

1. genus of ornamental mostly deciduous shrubs native to Asia and Central America; widespread in cultivation; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS DEUTZIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of ornamental mostly deciduous shrubs native to Asia and Central America; widespread in cultivation; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Deutzia"):

deutzia (any of various shrubs of the genus Deutzia having usually toothed opposite leaves and shredding bark and white or pink flowers in loose terminal clusters)

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

family Hydrangeaceae; hydrangea family; Hydrangeaceae (sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae)


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