GENUS LINUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Linum mean? 

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

1. a herbaceous plant genus of the family Linaceae with small sessile leaves

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS LINUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A herbaceous plant genus of the family Linaceae with small sessile leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Linum; Linum

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

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Linum"):

flax (plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and for the fibers of its stem)

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

family Linaceae; flax family; Linaceae (a widely distributed family of plants)

 Context examples 

Seed isolated from one of several species of the plant genus Linum.

(Flaxseed, NCI Thesaurus)