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GENUS MALACOTHAMNUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Malacothamnus mean?
• GENUS MALACOTHAMNUS (noun)
The noun GENUS MALACOTHAMNUS has 1 sense:
1. genus of shrubs or small trees: chaparral mallow
Familiarity information: GENUS MALACOTHAMNUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of shrubs or small trees: chaparral mallow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Malacothamnus; Malacothamnus
Hypernyms ("genus Malacothamnus" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Malacothamnus"):
chaparral mallow; Malacothamnus fasciculatus; Sphaeralcea fasciculata (shrub of coastal ranges of California and Baja California having hairy branches and spikes of numerous mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea)
Holonyms ("genus Malacothamnus" is a member of...):
family Malvaceae; mallow family; Malvaceae (herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra)
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