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GENUS DIANTHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Dianthus mean? 

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

1. carnations and pinksplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS DIANTHUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Carnations and pinks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dianthus; genus Dianthus

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

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "genus Dianthus"):

garden pink; pink (any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers)

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

carnation family; Caryophyllaceae; family Caryophyllaceae; pink family (large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes))


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